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Linderniella nana
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Along Gnu Bend, Lake Kyle Recreational Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Gnu Bend, Lake Kyle Recreational Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Gnu Bend, Lake Kyle Recreational Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Gnu Bend, Lake Kyle Recreational Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Ilysanthes nana Engl. Ilysanthes schlechteri Hiern Lindernia nana (Engl.) Roessler |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small patch-forming annual herb, less than 5 cm tall. Stems 4-angled, leafy. Leaves opposite, sessile (lower leaves shortly petiolate), ovate, up to 1.5 cm long, hairless; margin sparsely crenate-dentate. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils, very shortly pedicellate, white with pink marking; upper lip bifid; lower lip 3-lobed. Fruit a subsessile, narrowly ellipsoid pointed capsule, up to 8 × 2.5 mm. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nana: dwarf |
| Habitat: | In pockets of shallow soil overlying rock. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. |
| National distribution: | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | E,Lk |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 18 February 2015 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Fischer, E. (1992). Systematik der afrikanischen Lindernieae (Scrophulariaceae) Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 81 Pages 263 - 266. (Includes a picture). Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 91. In Scrophulariaceae 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 78. In Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 69. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 98. In Scrophulariaceae |
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