Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook.

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Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Domboshawa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Domboshawa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Southeastern ridge above Cavalo, Mt Gorongosa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Southeastern ridge above Cavalo, Mt Gorongosa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Southeastern ridge above Cavalo, Mt Gorongosa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Southeastern ridge above Cavalo, Mt Gorongosa

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Above Mermaids Falls, Aberfoyle

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Along trail above Garuzo hotel, going to the waterfall, Mt Garuzo, Manica

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Whaleback near Zembe along Sussundenga road

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Calderwood Park, Peterhouse School

Pycnostachys urticifolia

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Western slope Mt Shangani above Mutandani River Valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts.

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Synonyms: Coleus urticifolius (Hook.) Roberty
Pycnostachys pubescens Gürke
Common names: Bunganyunyu (Shona) Large hedgehog-flower (English) Nyakaonzora (Shona) Prickly salvia (English) Zinyamhunga (Shona)
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Aromatic perennial herb or shrub, 1-2.5 m. Leaves petiolate; lamina 5-12 × 4-7 cm, narrowly to broadly ovate, ± glabrous to densely pubescent, gland-dotted; apex acute; margin regularly crenate. Inflorescence a spike 7-10 cm. Bracts 4-5 mm, linear to spathulate, ciliate. Calyx sparingly pubescent, reddish-purple; teeth 8-10 mm, becoming sharply spiny after flowering. Corolla 12-20 mm, gentian-blue, rarely whitish.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: urticifolia: nettle-leaved
Habitat: In rocky ground and on streambanks or in grassland in the transition zone between vlei and woodland; also sometimes in open miombo woodland.
Altitude range: (metres) 700 - 2100 m
Flowering time:Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: W,C,E,S
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Images last updated: Thursday 8 October 2015
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 146 - 147. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 191.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 47.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 79.

Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 352 - 353. (Includes a picture).

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 56.

Paton, A.J. et al. (2009). Lamiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 411 - 412.

Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 320 - 330. (Includes a picture).

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 71.

Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 105, plate 143

Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 472 - 473. (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 114.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Pycnostachys urticifolia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149720, retrieved 28 March 2024

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