Gomphostigma virgatum (L.f.) Baill.

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Mshagashe river, just below the weir close to Mshagashe waterworks/S.P.C.A. Masvingo.

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Synonyms:	Buddleja virgata L.f. Gomphostigma scorpoides Turcz. Sopubia eenei S. Moore Sopubia leposa S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small shrub, usually less than 2 m high, most parts often covered with silvery stellate scales. Bark shallowly longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite with a connecting ridge, narrowly oblong, rarely narrowly obovate, 5–80 mm long; margin entire or sometimes remotely and obscurely toothed, usually rolled under. Inflorescence terminal, 3–15 cm long. Pedicels 2–12 mm long. Flowers white, rarely blue or pink, scented, hairless outside hairy inside in the tube and at the base of the lobes. Capsule 3–8·5 mm long.
Type location:	South Africa
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Derivation of specific name:	virgatum: twiggy
Habitat:	Along and in watercourses, among boulders in flowing water, in sand or mud along riverbanks.
Altitude range:	600 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Southern DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	W,S
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Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Content last updated:	Sunday 21 July 2019
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 936. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 268. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1983). Loganiaceae (inc. Buddlejaceae) Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 344 - 345. (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 58. Under Loganiaceae Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 378. As Sopubia leprosa

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