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Chascanum pinnatifidum
pinnatifidum
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Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district,
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district,
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| Synonyms: |
Bouchea pinnatifida (L.f.) Schauer Buchnera pinnatifida L.f. Plexipus pinnatifidus (L.f.) R.R. Fern. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Bushy perennial herb, up to c. 60 cm tall, growing from a woody taproot. Most parts puberulous with short stiff, glandular hairs. Stems branching near the base; branches erect or spreading, sometimes slightly 4-angled. Leaves opposite, subsessile or shortly petiolate, bright green, 1-5 cm long, deeply pinnately lobed with lobes mostly narrowly oblong to linear, up to 2 cm long. Inflorescences in terminal spikes, up to 6.5 cm long; bracts 4-5 mm long, linear lanceolate. Calyx 10-14 mm long, straight. Corolla short-lived, cream to yellowish-green; tube slender, 1.8-2.5 cm long, abruptly expanding into a flat, 5-lobed limb. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pinnatifidum: pinnatifid, referring to the deeply incised leaves. |
| Habitat: | In various types of dry deciduous woodland, open short grassland, on stony hillsides and along margins of pans, mostly in sandy soil. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 4 February 2016 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 48 - 49. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 119. (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 82. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 110. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chascanum pinnatifidumAfrican Plant Database: Chascanum pinnatifidum
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