Aeollanthus viscosus Ryding

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Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb or subshrub, restricted to the quartzite soils of the Chimanimani Mts. Stems 1-several, erect or ascending, up to 40 cm long, densely covered with upcurved hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic, up to 30-80 × 12-30 mm with prominent veins beneath; margins crenate-dentate to subentire. Inflorescence a lax panicle. Bracts elliptic or oblanceolate, up to 3.5 mm long. Corolla white or pink; upper lip subequally 4-lobed with violet markings; lower lip slightly boat-shaped; style longer than the lower lip.
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Derivation of specific name:	viscosus: viscid, sticky
Habitat:	On quartzite soils
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Worldwide distribution:	Confined to the Chimanimani mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Sunday 25 May 2014
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 87. 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 54. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 308. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.

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