Spermacoce sphaerostigma
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Flower
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Munshimbwe area, Mporokoso District
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Munshimbwe area, Mporokoso District
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Munshimbwe area, Mporokoso District
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Munshimbwe area, Mporokoso District
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Stem
Perennial wet dambo grassland
Munshimbwe area, Mporokoso District
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Arbulocarpus sphaerostigma (A. Rich.) Tennant Hypodematium ampliatum A. Rich. Hypodematium phaerostigma A. Rich. Spermacoce ampliata (A. Rich) Oliv. Spermacoce senensis sensu Hiern |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual erect herb 10-90 cm tall; stems unbranched to much-branched, sparsely to densely covered with spreading hairs; leaf blades 1-10 x 0.4-3.5 cm, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at apex and cuneate at base, sparsely to distinctly hairy on both surfaces; flowers in clusters at apex and upper axils of stems; corolla white, blue, purple or white with blue streaks, tube funnel-shaped, 5-8.5 x 0.8 at base, 5 mm wide at the throat; lobes 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm, triangular, usually with some hairs outside at the apex; capsule ovoid, 3.5-4 x 2-3 mm, splitting from the base upwards but remaining in one piece. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
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| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria east to Ethiopia south to Mozambique and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 229. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 93. Tennant, J.R. (1957). A New Name in Rubiaceae Kew Bulletin 12(3) Page 386. As Arbulocarpus sphaerostigma Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 183 - 184. |
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