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| Synonyms: |
Aspidoglossum whytei (N.E. Br.) Bullock Schizoglossum whytei N.E. Br. Schizoglossum angustissimum K. Schum. Schizoglossum elatum K. Schum. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb with annual stems, up to 1.35 m tall. Milky latex present. Leaves opposite, linear 4-13 cm long, with short appressed hairs above, hairless beneath except for appressed pubescence on the midrib. Flowers in 2-many-flowered clusters at the nodes. Calyx hairy. Corolla lobes up to 4.5 mm long more or less linear-elliptic, cream to greenish-brown, shortly hairy throughout and with very long, conspicuous white hairs up to 2 mm long. Corona 1-3 mm high, white to pale yellow or greenish, often spotted violet-brown. Follicles rarely developed,narrowly fusiform with a long beak, 5-7 cm long, densely softly hairy. |
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| Habitat: | Seasonally waterlogged grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1800 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Congo, CAR, DRC, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Page 11. Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Pages 20 - 22. also as Apidoglossum whytei and Schizoglossum angustissimum Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 70. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 253 - 254. Kupicha, F.K. (1984). Studies on African Asclepiadaceae Kew Bulletin 38 Pages 653 - 654. |
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