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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems several, erect, up to c. 8 cm high, hairy. Leaves along the stem opposite or alternate, ovate-elliptic, up to 6 mm long, hairy, single-veined; margin entire. Basal leaves 8-18 long, broadly ovate to circular, 3-5-veined; margin somewhat thickened. Inflorescence a few-flowered spike, up to c. 1 cm long. Flowers sessile, blue to mauve; tube 6.5-7.5 mm long, pubescent, with long hairs at the throat. |
| Notes: | The basal leaves do not turn black when dry. |
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| Habitat: | In well-drained soils in grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Central watershed plateau of Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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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 182. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 146. 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) Page 108. |
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