Justicia nuttii
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Kalungwishi Headwaters at Lipangala confluence
Jan 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Justicia goetzei Lindau Justicia nuttii C.B. Clarke var. blantyrensis C.B. Clarke Justicia schliebenii Mildbr. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with 1 to several erect to decumbent sparsely to densely hairy stems from a creeping, sometimes branched rhizome. Leaves ovate, elliptic to oblong, rarely lanceolate, 1.5-5 cm long, usually more or less densely hairy above, mainly on the veins beneath; petiole 1-5 mm long. Flowers in axillary secund (only 1 bract at each node supporting a flower) spike-like, 2(3)-flowered inflorescences. Calyx with linear lobes, 4-14 mm long, hairless or puberulous. Corolla white, sometimes with faint mauve markings on the lower lip. Capsule 9-13 mm long, pubescent in the upper half. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nuttii: In honour of W.H. Nutt, who collected in the Lake Tanganyika area in the 1890s |
| Habitat: | Montane grassland, bushland or woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | T |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 51. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 192 - 193. |
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