Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper

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Synonyms:	Alectra cordata Benth. Alectra senegalensis Benth.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, up to c. 50 cm tall. Stems simple or branched, with coarse whitish hairs. Leaves mostly opposite, spreading, more or less sessile, sometimes alternate and shortly petiolate within the inflorescence, broadly ovate to almost round, 1.5 - 5 cm long; margin coarsely toothed. Flowers in the axils of leaves or leaf-like bracts, pale yellow to dull orange, sometimes purple-veined. See var. sessiliflora and var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. for comparison.
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Derivation of specific name:	sessiliflora: flowers without stalks
Habitat:	In Brachystegia woodland, wet (montane) grassland and along streams and lakes.
Flowering time:	Aug - May
Worldwide distribution:	From West Africa to Ethiopia, Sudan and South to Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 184 - 185. (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 264. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 93. 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 77. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 86 - 90. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 96. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 175.

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