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Acrocephalus sericeus Briq. |
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Perennial herb up to 1.2 m tall. Stems growing from a woody rootstock, ascending to erect, 4-angled, sparsely branched, densely covered in felt-like hairs. Leaves opposite or fascicled with younger leaves, erect or spreading, sessile, linear to narrowly elliptic-obovate, up to 65 × 7 mm, sometimes folded along the midrib, densely covered in felt-like hairs; margin entire to remotely toothed. Flowers in small, 8-10 mm wide heads, together forming corymbose panicles. Corolla pale pink, blue or purple, rarely white. |
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Angola |
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Derivation of specific name: | sericeum: with silky appressed hairs, sericeous |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Namibia, Central Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C,Lk,S,W |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 10 May 2021 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. 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. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 174. |
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