Stemodiopsis rivae Engl.
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Christon Bank
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Christon Bank
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Slopes of Mt Belingwe.
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Synonyms:
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Stemodiopsis humilis Skan
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Much-branched perennial herb, up to c. 15 cm tall. Stems 4-angled, procumbent, up to 35 cm long covered in short stiff whitish hairs. Leaves ovate, up to 18 mm long, covered in short stiff whitish hairs; margin coarsely toothed. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils; corolla hairy, white, purple in the throat, up to 11 mm long. upper lip c. 3 mm long, triangular-ovate; lower lip c. 4 × 4.5 mm, 3 lobed. Capsule c. 5 mm long, beaked, pale brown, minutely hairy. |
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Habitat:
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In rock crevices. |
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Up to 1450 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS |
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Friday 12 June 2015 |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53.
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34.
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 78. Under Scrophulariaceae
Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 41 - 42. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Stemodiopsis rivae. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151290, retrieved 17 May 2022
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