Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca (Burch.) Hilliard

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Sedibeng Village, Southern District.

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Synonyms:	Buchnera aurantiaca Burch. Lyperia multifida Benth. Sutera aurantiaca (Burch.) Hiern
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Status:	Native
Description:	Decumbent, ascending or erect perennial herb, with glandular-pubescent, spreading branches up to 40 cm long. Leaves ovate to almost circular in outline, deeply bipinnately divided with linear ulimate segments, glandular-pubescent. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf-axils. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5 mm long; lobes linear-spathulate, densely glandular-pubescent. Corolla orange-red with a yellow throat; tube c. 5.5 mm long; lobes rounded, c. 4.5 mm wide. Capsule ovoid, 3.5-4.5 mm long, glandular-pubescent.
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Derivation of specific name:	aurantiaca: golden or orange-coloured.
Habitat:	Rocky hillsides, grasslands and riverbanks.
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Worldwide distribution:	Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Content last updated:	Thursday 23 January 2020
Literature:	Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 234. (Includes a picture). Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 29. as Sutera aurantiaca 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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