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Justicia anagalloides
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Greystone Park NR, edge of car park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR, edge of car park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Adhatoda anagalloides Nees Ecbolium anagalloides (Nees) Kuntze Justicia psammophila Mildbr. Justicia uncinulata Oliv. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with prostrate to suberect annual stems. Stems usually with lines of long hairs across the length. Leaves ovate to obovate, variously hairy or nearly hairless. Inflorescences few-flowered, axillary, spike-like, usually one inflorescence per node. Corolla 6-8 mm long, white, with or without maroon lines on the lip. Fruit a capsule, hairless except for a few hairs at the apex. |
| Notes: | See Justicia exigua and J. matammensis for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In grassland, disturbed and overgrazed areas and along roadsides, often in places which have been burnt. |
| Altitude range: | 20 - 1600 m |
| Flowering time: | Throughout the year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Somalia, Eastern DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Freestate and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 468. as J. uncinulata (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 19. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 190 - 192. (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 14. |
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