Striga macrantha (Benth.) Benth.

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Synonyms: Buchnera macrantha Benth.
Common names:
Frequency: Rare?
Status: Uncertain
Description:
Erect herb 50–100 cm high with rounded-quadrangular, roughly hairy stems. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–11 mm long, stiff, 3-veined with veins deeply impressed; margin coarsely toothed, roughly scabrid. Inflorescence a very dense terminal spike, 3–10 cm long or up to 15 cm long in fruit, glandular-hairy. Bracteoles broadly ovate, 4–6 mm long. Calyx 5-toothed, 10-veined. Corolla white with a yellow throat; tube c. 2 cm long, densely white-hairy in the upper half; lobes broadly obovate, rounded, 6–9 mm long, more or less hairy outside. Capsules 8 x 4 mm, styles persistent.
Notes: Specimens from Zimbabwe under this name are present at SRGH but it is not cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 8 part 2 for this country.
Derivation of specific name: macrantha: large-flowered
Habitat: In grassy rocky places.
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Worldwide distribution: Most frequent in West Africa but also sporadically known from Sudan,Angola, Zambia an Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: C
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Literature:

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 131 - 132. (Includes a picture).

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 99.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Striga macrantha.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152300, retrieved 19 March 2024

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