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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, branching from the base; stems erect or procumbent, up to c. 70 cm long, glandular-pubescent. Leaves opposite becoming alternate upwards, elliptic or ovate, c. 8-19 mm long, glandular-pubescent on both surfaces; margin with 4-5 pairs of teeth; petiole c.3-7 mm long. Flowers solitary in axils of upper leaves, together forming panicles in well-grown specimens. Pedicels c.8-18 mm long. Calyx somewhat 2-lipped; lobes 2.5-3.7 mm long, glandular-pubescent. Corolla 7-8 mm in diameter, white or mauve with a yellow throat; tube 7-9 mm long, funnel-shaped, glandular-hairy outside. Capsule 24 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Marondera, Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | septentrionalis: northern |
| Habitat: | Among large granite boulders and on cliffs. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 1600 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Zimbabwe. |
| National distribution: | N,C |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Hilliard, O.M. (1994). The Manuleae. A tribe of the Scrophulariaceae Edinburgh University Press Pages 237 - 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) Page 32. Not mentioned separately; Included under Sutera floribunda. |
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