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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, decumbent or prostrate perennial or subshrub, 10-50 cm tall. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, pinnately veined with 3-5 veins. Inflorescence consisting of axillary, unilateral spikes 1.5-4.5 cm long. Sterile bracts falcate, in two divergent rows, green, turning brown; fertile bracts appressed to the calyx. Corolla pale blue to mauve or white with purple markings on lower lip and throat. Posterior (shorter) stamens 1-thecous or with a vestigial second theca; thecae glabrous. Capsule 7-10 mm long with face oblong-elliptic, potentially 4-seeded. |
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Derivation of specific name: | scabra: scabrid or rough |
Habitat: | In woodland, typically mopane, Kirkia, Commiphora and/or Acacia; also in disturbed areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1100 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and Eswatini |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 29 January 2017 |
Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 23 - 25. (Includes a picture). 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 19. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 194. |
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