Jamesbrittenia micrantha (Klotzsch) Hilliard

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By old road, Mtoroshanga Pass, Great Dyke

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By rd from Shashe Wilderness Camp to the National Parks office

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Mukuvisi Woodlands, Harare.

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Synonyms:	Chaenostoma micranthum (Klotzsch) Engl. Sutera bolusii Hiern Sutera fissifolia S. Moore Sutera micrantha sensu Philcox in FZ p.p.
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Description:	Erect, or prostrate perennial herb, often somewhat scrambling. All parts glandular hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, pinnatifid-lobed; margins sometimes finely crenate-serrate. Short petioles narrowly winged. Flowers in terminal racemes or solitary in the leaf axils. Corolla small (tube 3.8-5 mm), yellow.
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Derivation of specific name:	micrantha: small-flowered
Habitat:	Along riverbanks and seasonally dry riverbeds, also as a weed of cultivation.
Flowering time:	All year
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania south to South Africa
Botswana distribution:	N,SW,SE
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. 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 78. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 29 - 30. As Sutera micrantha Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 103.

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