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Lippia woodii
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Shambahla, Cumberland Rd, Nyanga
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Shambahla, Cumberland Rd, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam
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| Synonyms: |
Lippia wilmsii H. Pearson |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or subshrub, up to 1 m high. Stems somewhat 4-angular, mostly annual, except in areas protected from fire. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-whorled, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, short straight hairs above and on the veins below, gland dots on both surfaces, aromatic when crushed; margins crenulate-serrulate, often entire in the lower third. Inflorescences densely many-flowered. Bracts much longer than the flowers, ovate, pointed, densely pubescent. Corolla cream to pale yellow. |
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| Habitat: | In various types of woodland, grassland, along margins of vleis, in riverine vegetation and along roadsides. Mostly in sandy soils but also in disturbed areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 2 February 2009 |
| 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 283. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 39 - 40. 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 82. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lippia woodiiAfrican Plant Database: Lippia woodii
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