Striga angustifolia (Don) C.J. Saldanha

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Mt Namuli, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Buchnera angustifolia D. Don
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Description:	Erect, annual or biennial herb, 10-50 cm tall. Stems with stiffly erect, simple branches, more or less pubescent to densely covered in short rough hairs. Leaves (sub)opposite but alternate above, linear to linear-lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, finely pubescentn; margin entire. Flowers alternate solitary in the axils, together sometimes, forming long, lax spikes. Lower bracts leaf-like, the upper linear. Calyx tubular, 10-12 mm long, prominently 15-ribbed, 5-toothed, finely pubescent; teeth linear-lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, elongating in fruit. Corolla white or cream with a greenish tube, pubescent outside; tube 10-15 mm long, abruptly curved just above the calyx teeth and inflated above; lower lobes obovate 6-8 mm long and c. 5 mm wide, rounded. Capsule ovoid, 4-5 mm long, pointed at the apex.
Type location:	India
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Derivation of specific name:	angustifolia: narrow-leaved
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe; also in Oman, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N,Mc,S
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Literature:	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. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 133 - 134. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 177.

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