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Hedythyrsus thamnoideus
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Photo: Penny English
Along the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Along the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Hedythyrsus spermacocinus sensu F. White, in Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia: 409 (1962) Oldenlandia thamnoidea K. Schum. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub, less than 2 m high. Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 8–25 mm long, discolourous, green above (blackish-green when dry), whitish or silvery beneath, hairless or with a few hairs on the margins and main vein beneath; , margins revolute; petiole short, scarcely 1 mm. long; stipule sheath hairy, 1–3 mm long, with 3–7 fimbriae 1–4 mm long. Inflorescences 1.5–2.5 cm wide, less than 30-flowered. Corolla white, pink or pale lilac; tube 1.8–4 mm long, hairless or hairy outside; lobes oblong-ovate, 1.5–3 mm long. Capsule 1–1.2 mm tall excluding the 1–1.6 mm long beak. |
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| Habitat: | In Podocarpus forest or Hagenia forest, in bracken or Protea-Ericaceae scrub and also in montane grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 1950 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, northern Malawi and northeastern Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 3 September 2020 |
| 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 242. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 89. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 106 - 107. (Includes a picture). White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 409. Included under Hedythyrsus spermacocinus |
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