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| Synonyms: |
Sebaea crassulifolia Schltdl. var. lanceolata Schinz Sebaea erecta Hill Sebaea grandiflora Schinz Sebaea macowanii Gilg ex Schinz Sebaea macrosepala Gilg Sebaea oreophila Gilg |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb up to 60 cm tall. Stem unbranched or branched, 4-ridged. Leaves sessile, elliptic-lanceolate to subcircular-cordate or subcircular-reniform, 18 mm long, sometimes leathery, 5-veined, upper leaves smaller and more distant. Flowers yellow, in terminal few flowered, lax or compact heads. Calyx segments 5, lanceolate to elliptic, 7–11 mm long, keeled or with a dorsal wing broadest at the middle or near the base; margin hyaline. Corolla tube 5.5–9 mm long; lobes broadly elliptic to oblong-obovate or obovate-circular, 5.5–11 mm long, rounded, clawed. Stamens inserted at the corolla sinuses. Ovary ellipsoid, 3.5–4 x 1.5–2 mm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 5–6 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | longicaulis: with a long stem. |
| Habitat: | In (montane) grasslands. |
| Altitude range: | 1700 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| 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 176. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 75. 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 53. Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 24 - 25. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 106. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 92. |
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