Home | > | List of families | > | Campanulaceae | > | Gunillaea | > | rhodesica |
Synonyms: |
Prismatocarpus rhodesicus Adamson |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
More or less erect annual herb up to 60 cm high, much-branched from near the base. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrowly elliptic to linear, 12-50 mm long, more or less hairy; margin undulate-crenate with small projecting teeth. Inflorescence laxly-flowered. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate but pedicels elongating in fruit up to 25 mm. Corolla campanulate up to 12 mm long, 4-5-lobed, united to c. halfway, mauve-blue or white. Style with 2 tiny glands at the base. Capsules cylindrical, up to 2 cm long, often slightly curved, prominently c; 10-veined, crowned with the persistent calyx lobes and the style base forming a hard cone on the top. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | rhodesica: of Rhodesia, referring to what is now Zimbabwe and Zambia. |
Habitat: | In seasonally wet places such as river banks and lake shores on sand or mud. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 16 February 2016 |
Literature: |
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 31. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 43. Thulin, M. (1977). Campanulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium Pages 42 - 44. Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 113 - 114. 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 202. |
Home | > | List of families | > | Campanulaceae | > | Gunillaea | > | rhodesica |