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Status: | Native |
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More or less erect perennial herb, up to c. 80 cm tall. Plant only faintly aromatic. Stems branching throughout length, rounded to somewhat 4-angled, more or less densely stellately hairy. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate, mostly 2-8 cm long, more or less densely stellately pubescent on both surfaces; margin crenate to laxly toothed; petiole 0-10 mm long. Inflorescence lax, usually with 6-8-flowered verticils. Calyx ascending, funnel-shaped to campanulate, 5.5-13 mm long at flowering time extending to l6 mm long in fruit; teeth more or less narrowly triangular, 2-5 mm long, erect or sometimes recurved. Corolla 9-16 mm long, white to pale pink to lavender or mauve, with or without darker markings; tube 5-10 mm long; anterior lip 3.5-8 mm long. stellately pubescent outside; posterior lip 2-6 mm long, densely stellately pubescent. |
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Habitat: | Grassland, bushland, Brachystegia woodland and marshy areas. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 23 December 2012 |
Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. Paton, A.J. et al. (2009). Lamiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 48 - 49. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 45 - 46. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 71. |
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