Trichodesma angustifolium Harv.

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Sedibeng Village

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Synonyms:	Trichodesma lanceolatum Schinz
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby perennial herb with stems up to 60 cm long. Leaves linear to linear-elliptic, 2–7 cm long, with tuberculate short appressed bristly hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescences 1–5 cm long, 2–8 flowered, terminal, sometimes solitary flowers in leaf upper axils; pedicels 1-2 cm long, up to 3 cm in fruit, appressed bristly hairy. Sepals lanceolate, 9–12 mm long, cordate at the base, becoming ovate and papery, up to 25 x 20 mm in fruit. Corolla blue or sometimes pinkish-blue, 12–22 mm long; lobes ovate with along acuminate apex, reflexed over the sepals.
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Derivation of specific name:	angustifolium: with narrow leaves.
Habitat:	In open grassland, often in stony or sandy places.
Altitude range:	0 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, northern Cape South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	M
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 31 March 2020
Literature:	Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 336. (Includes a picture). Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Page 96. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41.

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