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| Synonyms: |
Selago laticorymbosa Gilli Selago maclouniei Rolfe Selago thomsonii Rolfe var. coerulea (Rolfe) Brenan sensu Philcox in FZ 8-2:171 (1990) p.p. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, with stout, erect to decumbent stems 0.5 - 1.5 m tall, virgately branched above, hairy. Leaves opposite becoming alternate upwards, clustered, spreading, oblanceolate to elliptic, 10-33 mm long and 1.5-5 mm wide, narrowed at the base to a petiolar part, thinly textured, midrib visible, hairs on margin and midrib, few scattered particularly above; margin entire or with a few minute teeth, slightly thickened Inflorescence up to 300 mm in diameter, a lax round-topped panicle composed of small lax heads, the individual racemes c. 4 x 5 mm. Bracts adnate to pedicel and part of calyx tube, lowermost oblong, 2 - 3.2 mm long, concave, hairy mainly on margins. Pedicels less than 1 mm long. Calyx obliquely campanulate, 1.4 - 1.8 mm long, 5-lobed roughly halfway, 2 lobes larger than other 3, hairy on margins and outside. Corolla 3 - 4 mm across lateral lobes; tube 1 - 1.8 mm long, broadly funnel-shaped; all lobes elliptic, shades of lavender blue. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | viscosa: viscid or sticky but this considered a misnomer as the plants are not viscid. |
| Habitat: | In grassland, along forest margins, on rocky outcrops, and in wet depressions also on bare ground along roadsides or firebreaks. |
| Altitude range: | 1065 - 2530 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southwestern Tanzania and northern Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 158 - 159. as Selago thomsonii (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 270. |
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