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Ruelliopsis setosa
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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.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
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| Synonyms: |
Calophanes setosus Nees Crabbea angustifolia sensu Dinter non Nees Dyschoriste fleckii Schinz Ruelliopsis damarensis S. Moore |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with bristly-hairy trailing stems up to 60 cm long growing from a taproot. Leaves in clusters on dwarf shoots along otherwise bare stems, linear-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, up to 6 cm long with long glossy, bristly hairs,particularly on the midrib and margin. Flowers mauve-blue, 2-3.5 cm long, protruding from the leaf clusters. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | setosa: bristly-hairy or setose. |
| Habitat: | In black, clay soils at edges of pans and on termitaria or in deep sand in open grassland |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 26 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 28. (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 15. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 19. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 121 - 123. (Includes a picture). |
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