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Frequency: | Local and uncommon |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small perennial herb. Leaves several, loosely tufted, linear-oblong, pilose on both surfaces, often reddish-purple below; margins crenate-dentate. inflorescences few-flowered, arising from the junction of leaf lamina and stalk. Flowers white with deep magenta lines on the corolla lobes and spots in the throat. |
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Derivation of specific name: | pumilus: dwarf |
Habitat: | Forming small colonies under granite rock shelters and cave floors. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 1950 m |
Flowering time: | Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | Known only from Central and Eastern Zimbabwe. |
National distribution: | C,E |
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Endemic status: | Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1971). Streptocarpus, an African Plant Study University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg Pages 247 - 248. Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1988). Gesneriaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 57 - 58. 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 54. |
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