Streptocarpus hirticapsa B.L. Burtt

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Slopes towards Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts

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Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb. All parts except flowers with long spreading hears. Leaves several in a loosely arranged tuft, linear-oblong to ovate, up to 10 × 4 cm; margin finely toothed or scalloped. Young leaves sessile, flowering leaf stalked with a pseudopetiole up to 35 mm long. Inflorescences 1 or 2 from the junction of the leaf base and the stalk, few-flowered. Flowers white with magenta-pink stripes and spots on the corolla lobes and in the throat. Capsule 8-15 mm long, densely covered in long spreading hairs, crowned by the persistent style.
Notes:	Although several leaves are normally present, one leaf is often much larger than the others, which makes this species often appear as a small single-leaved species at first glance in the field.
Derivation of specific name:	hirticapsa: with a hairy capsule.
Habitat:	On mountain sides in the shelter of overhanging rocks.
Altitude range:	950 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Saturday 7 June 2014
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. 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. Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1971). Streptocarpus, an African Plant Study University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg Pages 248 - 249. (Includes a picture). Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. (1988). Gesneriaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Page 58. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 92.

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