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| Synonyms: |
Walafrida angolensis sensu Philcox auct. non (Rolfe) Rolfe p.p. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local and uncommon |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with several stems growing in a tuft from a stout woody rootstock. Stems c.300-400 mm long, erect or dccumbent, sparingly branched, puberulous. Leaves opposite becoming alternate towards the top, linear-oblong or very narrowly elliptic, primary largest l5-35 mm long (axillary leaves smaller otherwise similar, midrib raised beneath, depressed above, both surfaces glandular-punctate; margin thickened, entire or rarely with a very minute callose teeth. Inflorescence a small well-branched terminal corymbose panicle up to c. 40 mm in diameter, composed of racemes up to c. 15-35 mm in fruit. Calyx 2-2.25 mm long, very minutely glandular outside. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 1.8-2 mm long and 3-4 mm wide, white; lobes oblong or elliptic. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | serpentina: serpentine, referring to its restricted habitat on the serpentine soils of the Great Dyke. |
| Habitat: | Grassland on serpentine soils. Very rarely on nearby granite. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 169. Hilliard, O.M. (1997). New names and combinations in Selago. 3. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 54(1) Page 107. Protologue Hilliard, O.M. (1999). The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae) Kew Publishing Pages 259 - 260. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 148. 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. Under Selaginaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 166 - 167. as Walafrida angolensis p.p. |
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