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Common names: | Common sopubia (English) |
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Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 1 m tall, rarely taller. Stems numerous from a thick root-stock. Leaves opposite or whorled, very closely arranged on the stems, narrowly linear, 15-55 mm long. Inflorescences in many-flowered, terminal racemes up to c. 10 cm long. Calyx 3.5-7 mm long, hairy. Flowers in whorls of 3, c. 2 cm in diameter, pink, mauve or purple, rarely yellow. |
Notes: | Two varieties are recognized. See var. tenuifolia for comparison. |
Derivation of specific name: | mannii: after Gustav Mann, 19th Century British colonial representative in the Gulf of Guinea, who collected plants in that area. and collected the type specimen. |
Habitat: | In wet and dry grassland, along streams and among rocks. |
Altitude range: | 1000 - 2600 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 8 April 2019 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 130 - 131. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 268. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 52. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 175 - 176. 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 144 - 145. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 99. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No 113, plate 151 |
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