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Synonyms: |
Sutera fodina Wild |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect much-branched perennial subshrub, up to 1 m. All parts with glandular hairs. Leaves small, oblong-elliptic with supressed venation above; margin deeply crenate, markedly revolute. Flowers in short, terminal racemes. Corolla white with yellow to orange throat. |
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Habitat: | Endemic to the serpentine soils of the Great Dyke, where it is often associated with disturbed soils and road sides. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 1680 m |
Flowering time: | Nearly all months |
Worldwide distribution: | Great Dyke, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 177. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 147. 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 78. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 31 - 32. As Sutera fodina |
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