Rotheca hirsuta
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Lebombos Hills, close to Namaacha
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Lebombos Hills, close to Namaacha
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| Synonyms: |
Clerodendrum hirsutum (Hochst.) H. Pearson Clerodendrum natalense Gürke Clerodendrum pearsonii Moldenke Clerodendrum triphyllum (Harv.) H. Pearson Cyclonema hirsutum Hochst. Syphonanthus triphyllus Hiern ex S. Moore |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or suffrutex with 1-several simple stems up to 75 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves 3-whorled, rarely opposite or 4-whorled, subsessile, mostly elliptic-oblong, up to 5 cm long, densely gland-dotted beneath. flowers in 1-3-flowered axillary clusters, deep or bright blue, violet-blue or lilac-blue with violet, yellow or white stripes on the mid lobe. Fruit deeply lobed, c. 8 mm long, black. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | Two forms are recognized: forma hirsuta is usually more or less densely hairy on stems, leaves and calyx; forma triphylla is mostly hairless or sometimes pubescent on the calyx. Both forms are found in the same areas. |
| Derivation of specific name: | hirsuta: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute |
| Habitat: | In wooded grassland and along margins of forest on mountain sides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 350 - 1150 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | MS,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 9 August 2015 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. As Clerodendrum triphyllum Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 126 - 127. 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 56. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 470 - 471. as Clerodendrum hirsutum (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 79. |
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