Synonyms: |
Otiophora parviflora Verdc. var. stolzii Verdc. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial cushion-forming herb with many , tufted, radiating hairy stems, 10–20 cm long, growing from a somewhat woody rootstock. Leaves elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 7–20 mm long, hairless or hairy above; petioles 0-1 mm long; stipules forming a sheath with 3 filiform setae to c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence in several-flowered heads, c. 1 cm. in diameter. Calyx: enlarged, with 1 or 2 leaf-like lobes elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm long. Corolla white, pink, lilac or pale blue, tube filiform, 3.5–5.5 mm. long, hairless; lobes lanceolate, 2–3 mm long, sometimes a little hairy outside. Fruit yellowish brown to dark brown. |
Type location: |
Tanzania |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi. |
Habitat: | In grassland and rocky places, sometimes on bare soils. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1650 - 2300 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania and Malawi (Nyika only). |
FZ divisions: | N |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 3 August 2023 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 245. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 147 - 148. |