Veronica abyssinica Fresen.

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Above Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park

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Dam 3, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Veronica africana Hook. f. Veronica petitiana A. Rich.
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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Annual, prostrate herb, with trailing or ascending stems, branching from or near base, often rooting at nodes, more or less densely covered with long, white hairs. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, 15–45 mm long, usually shallowly cordate at the base; margin shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 4–20 mm long. Inflorescences in 2–7-flowered axillary racemes, 1–7.5 cm. long; bracts linear-oblong, obtuse, 3–4 mm. long; pedicels (2)6–10(15) mm long, slender. Calyx 3.5–4.75 mm long; lobes oblong to spatulate-oblong, 1–2 mm long, long-ciliate. Corolla blue, 6–7 mm long, upper lobe to 4 mm wide, broadly ovate to subcircular. Capsule obcordate in outline, compressed, c. 3.5–4 mm long and wide, with long curly hairs or only ciliate on the suture.
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Derivation of specific name:	abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Habitat:	In damp grasslands, forest fringes and clearings and along roadsides.
Altitude range:	Up to 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, Congo, DRC. Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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Content last updated:	Monday 27 August 2018
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 270. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. 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 78. In Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 81 - 82. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 99. In Scrophulariaceae

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