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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender herb up to 55 cm. tall; stems terete, sulcate, glabrous. Leaves 2–3 x c. 0.5 mm., subulate, acute, scabrid especially on margins towards the base. Inflorescence laxly many-flowered, 6–15 cm. long. Flowers bracteate; bracts 1.5–2.25 x 0.5 mm., subulate, glabrous. Pedicels (2.5)7–14(18) mm. long, glabrous. Bracteoles 0.75–1.3 mm. long, subulate. Calyx 2–3 mm. long, lobes 0.5–0.75 mm. long, subtruncate, apiculate, sparsely scabridulous. Corolla 15.5–20 mm. long, externally puberulent, white to very pale pink. Style 7–13 mm. long. Capsule c. 4 x 2.5 mm., dark brown. From FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox |
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| Notes: | R.E.Fries in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912: 290 (1916). Only known from northern Zambia; Red data status: VU D2. |
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| Habitat: | Swamps and dambos |
| Altitude range: | 1290 - 1525 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from northern Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 153 - 154. (Includes a picture). |
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