Bacopa floribunda (R. Br.) Wettst.

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Synonyms:	Bacopa pubescens (Skan) Hutch. & Dalz. Herpestis floribunda R. Br. Moniera floribunda (R.Br.) T.Cooke Moniera pubescens Skan
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect herb up to c. 35 cm tall but often shorter. Stems simple or branched, 4-angled below, more or less scabrid. Leaves opposite, sessile, linear,1-4 cm long, more or less scabrid above and glandular-punctate beneath. Flowers axillary, usually solitary or sometimes few together on pedicels up to 5 mm long. Calyx with lateral sepals lanceolate up to 3.5 mm long and other sepals broadly ovate up to 6.5 mm long, all with a prominent mid-vein. Corolla 4-6 mm long with upper lip emarginate and lower lip with 3 more or less equal lobes, white, pink,blue or violet. Capsule somewhat flattened-ellipsoid, c. 3.25 mm long. hairless.
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Derivation of specific name:	floribunda: with abundant flowers
Habitat:	In wet grasslands and swamps.
Altitude range:	Up to 1000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and Australia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z
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Content last updated:	Monday 12 June 2017
Literature:	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 77. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 50 - 51. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102.

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