Erianthemum dregei (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Tiegh.

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By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Synonyms:	Loranthus dregei Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Description:	Branched parasitic shrub with spreading or pendent stems, up to 1.5 m. Branchlets with white to fulvous stellate hairs. Leaves opposite to alternate, well spaced, elliptic-oblong to ovate, glabrous to subdensely stellate pubescent. Flowers in 2-6-flowered heads, axillary or at nodes below. Corolla 3-5 cm long, pale yellowish-green, sometimes flushed orange to pink on the tube above the basal swelling, usually densely silky hairy. Berry orange to bright red, 10-15 mm, including calyx, pilose; seed red.
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Derivation of specific name:	dregei: after Johann Franz Drège (1794-1881), German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer who worked extensively in South Africa.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia to the Eastern Cape in South Africa, west to Angola.
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Insects associated with this species:	Mylothris agathina agathina (Larval foodplant)
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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 200. (Includes a picture). 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 81. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 126 - 127. (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 59. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 72. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 237 - 238. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 180 - 182. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 374 - 375. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 81. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74.

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