Corrigiola drymarioides Baker f.

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Mevumodzi River downstream from gorge, lower Chimanimani Mts.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Straggling perennial herb with hairless stems up to 60 cm long. Leaves mostly alternate, rarely subopposite, sessile or very shortly petiolate, elliptic to oblong-ovate, up to 2.5 cm long, somewhat bluish green, hairless; stipules ovate, c. 2.5 mm long, whitish. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, up to 13 cm long, branched and laxly flowered. Flowers on very short pedicels with whitish bracts; sepals greenish,hooded; petals white, smaller than sepals. Fruit ovoid-globose, c. 1.5mm in diameter, slightly 3-sided with a rough surface, enclosed in the persistent perianth.
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Derivation of specific name:	drymarioides: resembling Drymaria, another genus in Caryophyllaceae.
Habitat:	Margins of submontane forest and rocky places.
Altitude range:	1155 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	S
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 247. 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 32. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 22. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 123. Wild, H. (1960-1). Illecebraceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 361 - 362. Here placed in family Illecebraceae (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95.

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