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Crabbea cirsioides
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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| Synonyms: |
Crabbea angustifolia Nees Crabbea hirsuta Harv. Crabbea ovalifolia Ficalho & Hiern Crabbea robusta C.B. Clarke Crabbea undulatifolia Engl. Ruellia circioides Nees |
| Common names: | Prickle head (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with trailing stems and swollen roots. The whole plant is covered with hairs. Leaves sessile, elliptic to ovate. Inflorescences densely clustered, subsessile. Flowers white with a yellow centre, borne amongst large leaf-like bracts with spiny margins. |
| Notes: | This species differs from Crabbea velutina by the less erect habit, the subsessile inflorescences and the 1-1.5 m wide dorsal calyx lobe, a similar width as the other lobes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In grassland, woodland and rocky slopes, often on sandy or stony soils. |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 1 m |
| Flowering time: | Feb - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 190. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 17 - 18. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 386 - 387. as Crabbea angustifolia (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 41. (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 13. as Crabbea hirsuta Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 198 - 199. as Crabbea hirsuta (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 32 - 33. as Crabbea hirsuta; also as C. angustifolia and C. ovalifolia (Includes a picture). |
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