Heliotropium ciliatum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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| Synonyms: |
Heliotropium tuberculosum (Cham.) Gürke Tournefortia tuberculosa Cham. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 80 cm, branching from a rhizomatous base. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 2-5 cm long with hard short appressed hairs above and on the veins below, somewhat asymmetric and often decurrent onto the petiole; petiole up to 2 cm long. Flowers in curled elongating inflorescences, eventually up to 19 cm long, white with triangular-acuminate lobes. Fruits saddle-shaped at the apex, tuberculate-crested, c. 4 × 5 × 4 mm, hairless. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ciliatum: fringed with hairs; ciliate |
| Habitat: | In sandy or rocky soils on riverbanks and dry open woodland. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | T,MS,GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 14 May 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 353. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 70. (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 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 88 - 89. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 40. |
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