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| Synonyms: |
Sutera hereroensis auct. non Skan |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Semi-erect or decumbent annual or short-lived perennial herb with simple sparsely branched, glandular-pubescent stems up to 45 cm long. Leaves opposite becoming alternate upwards, rhomboid to broadly ovate, c.4-33 mm long, glandular-pubescent on both surfaces; margin with 3-6 pairs of coarse lobe-like teeth; petiole c.3-11 mm long. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils. Pedicels c.6-23 mm long. Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, lobes linear, 2-5 mm long, glandular-pubescent. Corolla 6-10 mm in diameter, pale blue, pinkish-mauve or white with a yellow throat; tube funnel-shaped, 6-11 mm long, glandular-hairy outside. Capsule narrowly ovoid 2.5-5 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | debilis: weak, frail, feeble. |
| Habitat: | In rocky woodland and in shade of rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1460 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. Hilliard, O.M. (1994). The Manuleae. A tribe of the Scrophulariaceae Edinburgh University Press Page 238. 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 79. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 27 - 28. As Sutera hereroensis (Includes a picture). |
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