Synonyms: |
Buchnera usafuensis (Engl.) Melch. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 75 cm. Stems terete or obscurely quadrangular, mostly branched. Leaves opposite, narrowly linear-lanceolate, 10-60 mm long, decreasing in size higher along the stem. Clusters of smaller leaves often present in axils of main leaves. Flowers in lax spikes, up to 25 cm long, white. Fruit a capsule, cylindric-ovoid, c. 6 × 3.5mm. |
Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937) |
Habitat: | In rocky and sandy soils in Brachystegia woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1750 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. |
FZ divisions: | N |
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Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 11 March 2009 |
Literature: |
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 77. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 120. |