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| Synonyms: |
Brillantaisia pubescens T. Anderson ex Oliv. var. riparia Vollesen & Brummitt |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or scrambling, much-branched, aromatic annual herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems with glossy white hairs and scattered stalked glands. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, up to 10 cm long, almost hairless above, hairy below; petiole up to 22 mm long; margin entire or slightly crenate. Flowers in a rather narrow branched inflorescence 10-20 cm long. Corolla 2-lipped, blue to purple, 30-40 mm long, finely hairy on the outside; lower lip, 3-lobed, 20-25 mm long, with long stiff hairs in the middle. Capsule 13-18 mm long, finely glandular-hairy in the apical half. |
| Notes: | Note: this species is very similar to B. pubescens, differing mainly in larger flowers and slightly longer capsules |
| Derivation of specific name: | riparia: riparian, of riverbanks |
| Habitat: | Occurring in riverine forest and on riverbanks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 102. |
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