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Priva cordifolia (L.f.) Druce var. flabelliformis Moldenke |
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Shrubby herb with annual stems growing from a perennial rootstock. Stems 4-angled, covered in coarse hairs. Leaves ovate, silvery below. Flowers in slender, elongated spikes, white with purple stripes on the lower corolla lobes. Fruit enclosed in inflated calyx tube, covered in hooked, sticky hairs. |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, East Africa, southwards to South Africa and in Madagascar |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 175. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 45. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 29. Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 55 - 58. (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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