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Blepharis leendertziae
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Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or rarely decumbent annual herb. Stems up to 50 cm long, silky hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or ovate, 4-11 cm long, hairless or with a few hairs along the midrib below; margin entire. Flowers in subspherical heads along the stems. Bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 5 cm long finely hairy; margin with thin recurved bristles up to 4 mm long. Corolla white to pale blue or lilac, 10-16 mm long; lip obovate-spathulate, 3-5 mm wide, distinctly 3-lobed, central lobe longest. |
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| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often sandy soils or seasonally wet depressions, vleis and lake shores. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
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| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 73. 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 13. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17. Vollesen, K. (2000). Blepharis (Acanthaceae). A taxonomic revision. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pages 247 - 248. (Includes a picture). Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 78 - 79. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Blepharis leendertziae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Blepharis leendertziae
Plants of the World Online: Blepharis leendertziae
Tropicos: Blepharis leendertziae
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