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Frequency: | Frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small erect or scrambling, multi-stemmed shrub, up to 2 m. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, whitish green, densely covered in stellate hairs on both surfaces; margin entire. Flowers in few-flowered inflorescences at the ends of branches, white, held between purplish, leaf-like bracts. |
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Habitat: | In rocky places in woodland and riverine thicket. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 1450 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Limpopo South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 25 May 2006 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 87 - 89. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 274. 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 13. |
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