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Synonyms: |
Lobelia suavibracteata Hauman Lobelia utshungwensis utshungwensis R.E. & T.C.E. Fr. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Plants 1–3.5 m tall in flower, suckering from the base. Stem more or less erect, up to 8 cm thick at base. Leaves in a dense terminal rosettes, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 15–40 cm long, hairless or finely velvety; margin entire or at least in young leaves minutely toothed. Inflorescence up to 1 m long, dense, cylindrical, unbranched; bracts narrowly oblong to linear, 30–60 mm long, more or less pubescent. Corolla 30–35 mm long, greenish, lilac or pale blue, split to the base on the back, pubescent outside; two lateral petals linear, more or less united with middle petals below; three middle petals united to form a lip with linear lobes. Capsule subspherical, c. 7 mm long, 10–veined, velvety, with two valves, 2–3 mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name: | mildbraedii: after Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1879-1954), German explorer, botanist and plant collector, specializing in bryophytes and pteridophytes. He was Keeper at the Berlin Botanical Museum from 1913. |
Habitat: | In montane bogs. |
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Flowering time: | Mar - May |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania Malawi and ?Zambia. |
Malawi distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 22 February 2020 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 160 - 161. (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 198. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 37. Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 122 - 123. |
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