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Buchnera hispida
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Just east of the Sinde river, anong paths towards the Zambezi, Livingstone, Zambia.
Photo: Helen Pickering
Just east of the Sinde river, anong paths towards the Zambezi, Livingstone, Zambia.
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Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch |
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Annual herb, up to 1 m long. Stem erect, often branched, terete, with long hairs below, with rough, short stiff hairs above. Basal leaves when present 20 -35 mm long, broadly elliptic to almost circular, 3-veined; margin entire. Lower stem leaves ovate-lanceolate to more to less narrowly oblong, 45-70 mm long, 3-veined; margin entire or coarsely toothed. Higher stem leaves, linear to linear-lanceolate, 15-40 mm long, single-veined; margin entire or remotely toothed. All leaves rough with short, appressed, stiff hairs. Inflorescences terminal spikes, soon lax, 6-30 cm long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, often larger and leaf-like at the flowers, with rough stiff hairs or sometimes hairless with ciliate margins. Calyx 4-8 mm long, 5-lobed, more or less clearly 10-veined, more or less sparsely covered with short spreading stiff hairs. Corolla blue, mauve, purple or white; tube 6-7.5 mm long, straight or rarely curved, hairy in the throat; lobes up to 3 × 2 mm, obovate-oblong. Capsule ovoid c. 5.5 × 3 mm. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | hispida: rough with stiff hairs (hispid) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, Oman and Jemen, Madagascar and India. |
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| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 93. Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 134 - 136. (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 77. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 119. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 96. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 105. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 175 - 176. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 225. |
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