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Synonyms: |
Aeollanthus cameronii Burkill |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small annual herb with ascending, fleshy reddish-purple stems, up to 40 cm. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, up to 60 × 20 mm but usually much smaller; margins shallowly to deeply crenate, rarely appearing pinnatifid. Inflorescence a lax panicle. Flowers often one-sided on the inflorescence branches. Corolla deep purple, violet or bluish; upper lip more or less 4-lobed marked with darker dots; lower lip slightly concave to boat-shaped. |
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Derivation of specific name: | ukamensis: of the Ukami area in central Tanzania, where the type was collected. |
Habitat: | On rocks and in cracks amongst rocks |
Altitude range: | 200 - 1700 m |
Flowering time: | May |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Mozambique distribution: | N,Z |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 15 May 2008 |
Literature: |
Launert, E. (1963). Malpighiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 54. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 304 - 306. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 111. |
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