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Coleus gracilipedicellatum
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Habit
Kalahari woodland
Kazungo, Sioma District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Kalahari woodland
Kazungo, Sioma District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Kalahari woodland
Kazungo, Sioma District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Kalahari woodland
Kazungo, Sioma District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Coleus elegantissimus G. Taylor Holostylon baumii (Gürke) G. Taylor Holostylon gracilipedicillatum Robyns & Lebrun Plectranthus baumii Gürke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, 0.6-3 m tall with stems arising from a woody rootstock. Stems erect, rounded-quadrangular, becoming leafless as flowers mature. Leaves ovate, 25-70 mm long, pubescent and with red sessile glands; margin serrate; petiole 2-7 mm long. Inflorescence lax forming a much-branched open panicle; flowers solitary in the axils of bracts. Corolla blue, 13-16 mm long, pubescent with reddish sessile glands. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Habitat: | In open woodland on sandy soils or in rocky areas. |
| Altitude range: | 750 - 1650 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Congo, Malawi Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 22 July 2024 |
| 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 187. as Plectranthus baumii 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 55. As Holostylon baumii Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 233 - 234. as Plectranthus baumii Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 78. as Holostylon baumii |
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