Justicia linearispica C.B. Clarke

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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with several erect to somewhat scrambling stems up to 60 cm long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1.5-6 cm long, usually hairless, rarely velvety on the midrib and veins. Flowers in terminal spike-like inflorescences up to 11 cm long, often more laxly flowered below, more densely so towards the top. Calyx 4-7 mm long with pointed, lanceolate to narrowly triangular lobes. Corolla 8-12 mm long, white, with or without pink lines on the lower lip; upper lip 4-6 mm long; lower lip spreading or deflexed, 6-8 mm long. Capsule 9-11 mm long, finely velvety.
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Derivation of specific name:	linearispica: with a linear spike, referring to the long and narrow inflorescence.
Habitat:	A pyrophyte in montane grassland, woodland and sometimes persisting in plantations or cultivated fields.
Altitude range:	1300 - 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi,Zambia and Angola.
Malawi distribution:	N,C
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Content last updated:	Friday 7 September 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 51. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 182. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19.

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