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Lindernia parviflora
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Manager's compound, SDH Tea Estates, Gurue
Photo: Bart Wursten
Manager's compound, SDH Tea Estates, Gurue
Photo: Bart Wursten
Manager's compound, SDH Tea Estates, Gurue
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| Synonyms: |
Gratiola parviflora Roxb. Ilysanthes capensis (Thunb.) Benth. Ilysanthes parviflora (Roxb.) Benth. Ilysanthes radicans Pilg. Lindernia capensis Thunb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect, decumbent or ascending annual herb, 5-25 cm tall but usually smaller. Stems hairless or slightly pubescent, diffusely branched. Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, very variable, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, 2-20 mm long, rarely longer, rounded or pointed at the apex; margin entire or sometimes shallowly toothed in larger leaves. Flowers axillary or in terminal racemes. Pedicel slender, 5-12 mm long, longer in fruit. Calyx 2-4 mm long, divided almost to the base into linear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla white to pale blue with darker blue markings, 3-12 mm long; upper lip shallowly emarginate or bifid; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4 with 2 fertile. Capsule obovate-ellipsoid or subglobose, up to 4 × 3 mm. |
| Notes: | This species is quite variable in size and leaf shape. In our area the mostly pale coloured, more tubular flowers with smaller lobes are typical for this species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | parviflora: small-flowered |
| Habitat: | In muddy or sandy soil along streams, rivers pans and floodplains or in and around seasonal pools on rock outcrops, often in secondary or disturbed areas. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1450 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Vietnam. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 8 June 2012 |
| Literature: |
Fischer, E. (1992). Systematik der afrikanischen Lindernieae (Scrophulariaceae) Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 81 Pages 312 - 316. (Includes a picture). Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae FTEA Pages 83 - 84. (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 78. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae FZ 8(2) Page 69. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 98. |
Other sources of information about Lindernia parviflora:
African Plant Database: Lindernia parvifloraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Lindernia parviflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lindernia parviflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lindernia parviflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lindernia parviflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lindernia parviflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Lindernia parviflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lindernia parviflora
Tropicos: Lindernia parviflora
West African Plants database: Lindernia parviflora
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