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Hygrophila linearis
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems up to 50 cm long, ascending or creeping and rooting at the lower nodes, hairless. Leaves opposite, linear to lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 1 - 3.5 cm long, hairless. Flowers in a large, open, branched inflorescence up to 30 cm long. Corolla 7-9 mm long, 2-lipped, pale mauve with a white tube, unmarked; lower lip, shallowly 3-lobed with a few long hairs. Capsule 6-9 mm long, hairless. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | linearis: linear |
| Habitat: | Occurring in riverbeds and on riverbanks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. 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 14. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 18. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 114. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hygrophila linearisAfrican Plant Database: Hygrophila linearis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hygrophila linearis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hygrophila linearis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hygrophila linearis
JSTOR Plant Science: Hygrophila linearis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hygrophila linearis
Plants of the World Online: Hygrophila linearis
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Wikipedia: Hygrophila linearis
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