Hygrophila cataractae
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Perennial herb rooted in cracks in pavement above falls;
Lumangwe Falls;
Sep 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
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Erect, procumbent or ascending perennial herb. Stems up to 75 cm long, 4-angular, hairless or finely velvety in the upper parts, sometimes with scattered stalked glands. Leaves more or less narrowly elliptic, up to 7 cm long, hairless on both sides or with sparse short hairs above. Flowers in 1-12-flowered clusters, together forming a spike-like or sometimes branched inflorescence up to 25 cm long; axes more or less densely velvety with scattered longer hairs, stalked glands and lanceolate to narrowly ovate leaf-like bracts, up to 1.5 cm long. Corolla white to pale yellowish with indistinct bluish veining, 11-14 mm long, 2-lipped; lower lip broadly obovate with red-tipped hairs, shallowly 3-lobed. Capsule 4-9 mm long, finely velvety with a few glands near the apex. |
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Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in riverbeds and on riverbanks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 109. |
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