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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Slender herb, up to 1 m. Leaves broadly ovate with acuminate apex. Flowers borne on lax somewhat secund racemes. Corolla 2-3 cm, blue to bluish-mauve. |
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Derivation of specific name: | floribunda: with abundant flowers |
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Flowering time: | Mar - Jun |
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Malawi distribution: | S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 158 - 159. 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 14. |
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