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Cyanotis lanata
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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| Synonyms: |
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. schweinfurthii (Hassk.) C.B. Clarke Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. sublanata C.B. Clarke Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. rubescens (A. Chev.) Schnell Cyanotis rubescens A. Chev. Cyanotis schweinfurthii Hassk. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb. Leaves basal, up to c. 10 cm long, narrowly oblong, thick and fleshy, sheathing at the base, covered in soft appressed hairs or almost hairless. Flowers in few-flowered clusters held in a fleshy leaf-like bracts, often white in the centre; tepals pink, mauve, violet or blue; stamens embedded in dense blue hairs. |
| Type location: |
Nigeria |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lanata: woolly |
| Habitat: | In shallow soil overlying rock or in cracks and crevices, often forming extensive patches in seepage areas. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2150 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 294. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 22 - 24. 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 87. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 117. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 71. |
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