Chaetacanthus setiger (Pers.) Lindl.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post

Synonyms:	Dyschoriste setigera (Pers.) Vollesen Ruellia aristata Thunb. Ruellia setigera Pers.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Low-growing, shrubby perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall but usually much smaller. Leaves opposite, small, ovate-elliptic, slightly fleshy with sparse glandular hairs. Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Corolla 5-lobed, only slightly 2-lipped, white to pale mauve-blue.
Notes:	Kaj Vollesen has sunk Chaetacanthus under Dyschoriste in FZ 8(5) but this is not universally accepted. Kevin Balkwill another Kew author is in favour of maintaining Chaetacanthus as a genus (pers. comm Iain Darbyshire).
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Habitat:	Grassland and bushland.
Altitude range:	100 - 1300 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS,M
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Insects associated with this species:	Zizula hylax (Food plant) Junonia hierta cebrene (Food plant)
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 13. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 135. As Dyschoriste setigera

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