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Synonyms: |
Plantago kerstenii Asch. |
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Description: | Perennial herb growing up to 40 cm tall growing from a short with numerous whitish roots. Leaves in a basal rosette, ovate to almost circular in outline with 7-9 lobe-like triangular teeth; long petiolate. Inflorescence a dense spike up to 17 cm long on a peduncle 5 - 30 cm long but often much smaller. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | palmata: palmate, like a hand, referring to the lobed leaves. | |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to Ethiopia and Kenya, south to Zimbabwe. | |
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Literature: |
Agnew, A.D.Q. (2013). Upland Kenya Wild Flowers and Ferns Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society Page 275. (Includes a picture). Lehmann, G. (1988). Plantaginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 9 - 11. (Includes a picture). 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 67. |
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