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Status: | Native |
Description: |
More or less stemless perennial herb, usually solitary. Leaves are in a dense rosette, dull green or tinged reddish, margins with orange teeth. Inflorescences 1-3, usually simple, rarely branched. Flowers in a distinctly down-curved dense raceme, orange-red to bright red. |
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Derivation of specific name: | decurva: curved downwards, referring to the inflorescence |
Habitat: | Restricted to steep rocky slopes on Mt Zembe. |
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Flowering time: | Jun - Jul |
Worldwide distribution: | Confined to Mt Zembe, Mozambique |
Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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Endemic status: | Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 9 February 2010 |
Literature: |
Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 87 - 89. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 76. |
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