Lindernia parviflora (Roxb.) Haines

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Manager's compound, SDH Tea Estates, Gurue

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Synonyms:	Gratiola parviflora Roxb. Ilysanthes capensis (Thunb.) Benth. Ilysanthes parviflora (Roxb.) Benth. Ilysanthes radicans Pilg. Lindernia capensis Thunb.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect, decumbent or ascending annual herb, 5-25 cm tall but usually smaller. Stems hairless or slightly pubescent, diffusely branched. Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, very variable, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, 2-20 mm long, rarely longer, rounded or pointed at the apex; margin entire or sometimes shallowly toothed in larger leaves. Flowers axillary or in terminal racemes. Pedicel slender, 5-12 mm long, longer in fruit. Calyx 2-4 mm long, divided almost to the base into linear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla white to pale blue with darker blue markings, 3-12 mm long; upper lip shallowly emarginate or bifid; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4 with 2 fertile. Capsule obovate-ellipsoid or subglobose, up to 4 × 3 mm.
Notes:	This species is quite variable in size and leaf shape. In our area the mostly pale coloured, more tubular flowers with smaller lobes are typical for this species.
Derivation of specific name:	parviflora: small-flowered
Habitat:	In muddy or sandy soil along streams, rivers pans and floodplains or in and around seasonal pools on rock outcrops, often in secondary or disturbed areas.
Altitude range:	Up to 1450 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Vietnam.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Friday 8 June 2012
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Fischer, E. (1992). Systematik der afrikanischen Lindernieae (Scrophulariaceae) Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 81 Pages 312 - 316. (Includes a picture). Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 83 - 84. (Includes a picture). 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. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 69. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 98. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 104.

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