Barleria descampsii Lindau

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Haut-Katanga, Kinsevere Mine
Mar 2016
Photo: Warren McCleland

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Synonyms:	Barleria argentea-calycina De Wild. Barleria briartii De Wild. Barleria paludosa S. Moore
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Frequency:	Rather common across range
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial 60-100 cm tall; stems with dense ascending or appressed golden to silvery long-armed stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, elliptic or lanceolate. Inflorescence congested, elongate to subcapitate, rarely more lax, each cymule single-flowered, bracts foliaceous. Anterior calyx lobe oblong to obovate to elliptic, surface densely covered in ascending golden or silvery long-armed stellate hairs, venation obscured by indumentum. Corolla mauve or lilac with whitish tube, whole flower rarely white, shortly glandular-pubescent externally.
Type location:	DRC
Notes:	Growth form(s): Suffrutex Red data list status: “Rather common across range” Iain Darbyshire: Least Concern
Derivation of specific name:	descampsii: in honour of Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765-1842)
Habitat:	Miombo woodland, rocky hill slopes.
Altitude range:	1200 - 1850 m
Flowering time:	Mar
Worldwide distribution:
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,N
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Content last updated:	Monday 8 May 2017
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 91 - 92.

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