Nesaea heptamera Hiern

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Nesaea heptamera

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Borrowdale Common, Harare

Nesaea heptamera

Photo: Bart Wursten
Monavale Vlei

Nesaea heptamera

Photo: Bart Wursten
Monavale Vlei

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Status: Native
Description:
Glabrous subshrub, 10-40 cm, from a woody rootstock. Leaves decussate, sessile; lamina linear-lanceolate, glaucous, 1-nerved; base rounded, truncate or subcordate; apex acute. Dichasia (1-)3-flowered; peduncle slender, to 15 mm; bracteoles 1.5-2 mm, linear-lanceolate; pedicels of lateral flowers 1-2 mm. Flowers 6-7(-8)-merous. Calyx tube 3-4.7 mm, cup-shaped; lobes 0.8-1 mm; appendages very short. Petals 2.5-5 mm, orange, pink with red mid-line, pale red or red. Stamens 12-14(-16), unequal, exserted. Style 8-9 mm. Capsule 3-3.5 mm in diameter, spherical.
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Habitat: In vleis, especially noticeable after fires
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Flowering time:Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution: From the DRC and Tanzania south to the FZ area
Mozambique distribution: MS
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Literature:

Fernandes, A. (1978). Lythraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 291 - 292.

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 59.

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nesaea heptamera
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Nesaea heptamera.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141630, retrieved 29 March 2024

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