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Much-branched shrubby aromatic perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Stems and branches covered in greyish-white glandular hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, glandular hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, white, with brown veins in the corolla throat, held between ovate bracts. |
Notes: | "... almost certain that P. aromaticum occurs in S. Mozambique" - Fz 8(5), p. 158 |
Derivation of specific name: | aromaticum: aromatic |
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Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Limpopo, South Africa and southern Zimbabwe |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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 14. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 156 - 158. As Petalidium aromaticum (Includes a picture). |
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