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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Bushy perennial herb, mostly less than 1 m tall. Stems with a mixture of short white and longer yellowish hairs. Leaves elliptic, oblong or ovate, 1-4.2 cm long, often immature at flowering time, hairs buff or golden-yellow on both surfaces but most dense on the prominent veins beneath; margin rolled under when young; petiole 0-3 mm long. Flowers axillary, 1-2 together on peduncles 13-42 mm long; bracteoles ovate or elliptic to linear, 2-7 mm long; margin entire with a recurved apex; pedicels 0-6 mm long. Calyx green to pinkish with darker reticulate venation; outer lobes elliptic, oblong or lanceolate, 9-20 mm long, buff- to yellow-strigose; margin entire; lateral lobes lanceolate, 9-16 mm long. Corolla 31-48 mm long, mauve, or rarely white to pale pink, sometimes with a yellow throat, pubescent on the outside, 5-lobed with 2 smaller upper lobes and 3 large lobes (3 lateral and one lower). Capsule 17-21 mm long, hairless except for an apical tuft. |
Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
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Derivation of specific name: | aromatica: aromatic |
Habitat: | On open rocky hillsides,often on serpentine but also on granite outcrops. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1600 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Zimbabwe. |
National distribution: | N,W,E,S |
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Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 30 March 2007 |
Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 58. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 131. 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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