Oldenlandia rupicola (Sond.) Kuntze
var. rupicola

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Domboshawa

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Mount Buhwa, area close to tunnel, behind old building

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Synonyms:	Hedyotis rupicola Sond. Oldenlandia oliveriana K. Schum.
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Status:	Native
Description:	A variable perennial herb, scrambling, suberect or procumbent, often mat-forming. Stems much-branched, sometimes rooting at the nodes.Leaves elliptic-ovate to ovate, variously hairy. Flowers terminal, mostly in groups of three, white, pale blue or pinkish.
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Derivation of specific name:	rupicola: rock loving; rock dwelling.
Habitat:	In grassland, along edges of woodland and in wet rocky places.
Altitude range:	425 - 2250 m
Flowering time:	All year
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Malawi distribution:	S
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 October 2015
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 41. As Oldenlandia rupicola hirtula Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 404 - 405. (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 73. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 165. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 128 - 129. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98.

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