| Synonyms: |
Sebaea baumii Schinz Sebaea butaguensis De Wild. Sebaea multinodis N.E. Br. Sebaea schimperiana Buching. ex Schweinf. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual herb up to 40 cm tall. Stem slender, 4-ridged. Leaves sessile, ovate-circular to almost kidney-shaped, 5–14 mm wide, 5-veined, cordate at the base. Flowers yellow or pale yellow, in terminal few to many flowered branched heads, very rarely solitary; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, 2–3 mm long. Calyx segments 5, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–5 mm long, with a short wing on the keel, broader at or above the middle. Corolla tube, 3–4 mm long; lobes obovate-oblong, 1.5–3.5 mm long. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. Capsule ellipsoid, 2–4 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Madagascar |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | brachyphylla: with short leaves |
| Habitat: | In wet sand on marshy ground and in rocky situations. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1600 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Bioko, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,Zambia,Zimbabwe and Madagascar. |
| FZ divisions: | N,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 476. (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 53. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 139. Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 23 - 24. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 67. |