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Status: | Native |
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Procumbent or straggling perennial herb. Stems ribbed or narrowly winged. Leaves more or less broadly ovate to triangular, 25-80 mm long, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, particularly on the veins; margin coarsely; petiole 15-30 mm long. Flowers in lax, shortly pedunculate, 2-6-flowered racemes. Corolla 13-30 mm long, white mauve or blue with darker markings in the throat. Capsule 8-10-veined, more or less pubescent, with 2 valves 2.5-4 mm long. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Eastern DRC, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
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 58. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 37. Reekmans, M. (1985). Lobeliaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 24 - 26. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 64. Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 141 - 142. Thulin, M. (1985). Lobeliaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium Pages 44 - 46. |
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