Plectranthus swynnertonii S. Moore

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Lower forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts

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Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Swynnerton's spur flower (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Soft, scrambling or shrub-like perennial herb. Stems 4-angled with a line of purple hairs at the nodes. Leaves broadly ovate, upper surface dark green with short bristly hairs, veining conspicuously sunken; under surface paler grey-green with purple hairs along the veins; margin very irregularly lacerated, as if torn. Inflorescences, branched at the ends of branches. Flowers white with pink or mauve markings in the upper lip.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest
Habitat:	In the understorey and along the margins of evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	500 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	Nov - May
Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 24 August 2022
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. 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 56. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 202. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 113 - 114. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.

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