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Diclis tenella
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or creeping annual herb. Stems much branched, up to 25 cm long, with soft spreading hairs. Leaves broadly ovate, triangular or almost round with long hairs on both surfaces; margin coarsely toothed. Flowers solitary, axillary, white to pale mauve with purple and yellow spots in the throat; corolla with a curved spur c. 6 mm long; upper lip small 2-lobed; lower lip large with 3 spreading lobes, mid-lobe largest. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | tenella: very soft, tender |
| Habitat: | In the shelter of overhanging rocks and at the entrances of caves, both in grassland and forest |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 850 - 1900 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 7 January 2019 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 265. (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 77. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 12 - 13. (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 176. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99. |
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