Nesaea heptamera
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
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Monavale Vlei
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Monavale Vlei
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| Status: | Native |
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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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Malawi |
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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 |
| FZ divisions: | 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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