Ardisiandra wettsteinii R. Wagner

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Cloudlands layby, Vumba

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Along path to Mtarazi Falls, Nyanga.

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Near Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park

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Above Dam 1, Chelinda Camp. Nyika National Park.

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Near summit of Gogogo peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Arsidiandra orientalis Weim. Arsidiandra stolzii Weim.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Creeping perennial herb. All vegetative parts with long hairs. Stems reddish-purple, up to 1 m, partly prostrate, rooting at the nodes. Leaves on long petioles, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline with 3-9 crenate lobes; margins toothed. Flowers in few-flowered racemes on stalks 1.5-2.5 cm long, drooping. Corolla 6-8 mm, white to pale pink or lilac about twice as long as the calyx. Fruit a small transparent capsule, indehiscent.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Habitat:	In shade on the forest floor.
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Flowering time:	Jan - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	MS
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 4 April 2023
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 432. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Primulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 185 - 186. (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 68. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 214. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97.

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