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Chironia gratissima
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Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera Mountains, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera Mountains, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera Mountains, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera Mountains, Mozambique
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| Status: | Native | |
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Trailing or scrambling annual or perennial herb up to c. 150 cm tall. Stem 4-ridged, branched. Leaves opposite along the stem, more or less narrowly ovate-triangular, up to 9 × 3 cm, pale yellow-green, conspicuously 3-veined. Flowers in 2-3-flowered cymes, together forming lax terminal panicles, bright mauve, magenta-pink or purple, 3-4 cm in diameter. Anthers yellow, twisted. Fruit a cylindric-ovoid capsule, c. 18 × 5 mm. | |
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| Habitat: | In damp soil, along streambanks or among rocks. | |
| Altitude range: | 1150 - 2100 | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Mozambique, Zimbabwe | |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 21 June 2009 |
Other sources of information about Chironia gratissima:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Chironia gratissima
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chironia gratissima
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chironia gratissima
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chironia gratissima
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chironia gratissima
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chironia gratissima
West African Plants database: Chironia gratissima
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