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Stemodiopsis rivae
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Stemodiopsis humilis Skan |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched perennial herb, up to c. 15 cm tall. Stems 4-angled, procumbent, up to 35 cm long covered in short stiff whitish hairs. Leaves ovate, up to 18 mm long, covered in short stiff whitish hairs; margin coarsely toothed. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils; corolla hairy, white, purple in the throat, up to 11 mm long. upper lip c. 3 mm long, triangular-ovate; lower lip c. 4 × 4.5 mm, 3 lobed. Capsule c. 5 mm long, beaked, pale brown, minutely hairy. |
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| Habitat: | In rock crevices. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 12 June 2015 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. 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 78. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 41 - 42. (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Stemodiopsis rivae
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