Trichodesma physaloides
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Rusape, by main Harare / Mutare Rd
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Rusape
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Borrowdale Road, Harare
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| Common names: | Bells of St Mary's (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with several to many erect, ± glabrous, stems growing from a rootstock, dying back each winter. Leaves variable from linear-elliptic to broadly ovate. Inflorescence composed of 2-9 cymose primary branches, without bracts. Sepals lanceolate to ovate, enlarging in fruit. Corolla 15-22 mm, white (also said to be cream or pink-tinged). Fruit a single discoid tomentose nutlet. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | physaloides: resembling a Physalis |
| Habitat: | In seasonally burnt grassland and open woodland. |
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| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep (-Nov) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | N,T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 122 - 123. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 117. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 56. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. 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 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 96 - 98. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 76. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 102, plate 139 & 140 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41. Taton, A. (1971). Boraginaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 39 - 42. (Includes a picture). |
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