Description:
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Perennial herb, one to several stems from a creeping woody rootstock; stems to 60 cm long, slightly to densely hairy.
Leaves narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptic, up to 5.5–10 x 1.5–3 cm, sparsely to densely hairy, mostly on the veins, apex tapering to a point to rounded, base prolonged down the axis; petiole ill defined to 5 mm long.
Flowers in a terminal raceme, opposite; corolla 1.2-2.2 cm long, white to pale mauve, pale pink or purple with purple markings in the throught or upper lip; calyx 0.5-0.8 cm long.
Seeds flattened, surface not smooth, with an irregular outline. |
Literature:
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Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 124 - 125.
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.
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