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Synonyms: |
Lightfootia scoparia Wild. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Locally common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb, 20-50 cm tall, with few to many sparsely branched stems arising from a pale rootstock. Leaves few and small, 1.5-6 mm long and mostly less than 1 mm wide, linear-lanceolate; margin entire or with few minute teeth. Inflorescence terminal, contracted, usually less than 10-flowered. Corolla 5.5-9 mm long, whitish to pale blue, deeply split into linear lobes. Capsule 3-valved, 1.5-2.5 mm. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | subaphylla: more or less without leaves |
Habitat: | Montane grassland, often in rocky places. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
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Worldwide distribution: | This subsp. is only known from the border mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where it is most common in the Chimanimani Mts. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 21 November 2014 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. As Wahlenbergia subaphylla Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 82. 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. Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 97 - 98. Wild, H. (1964). New and interesting species Kirkia 4 Pages 161 - 162. as Lightfootia scoparia Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90. |
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