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Hedbergia abyssinica
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Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
Picture: Penny English
Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Alectra abyssinica (Benth.) A. Rich. Alectra petitiana A.Rich. Bartsia abyssinica Benth. var. nyikensis (R.E. Fries) O. Hedb. et al. Bartsia abyssinica Benth. var. petitiana (A. Rich.) O. Hedb. et al. Bartsia abyssinica Benth. Bartsia elgonensis R.E. Fries. Bartsia mannii Skan Bartsia nyikensis R.E. Fries Bartsia petitiana (A.Rich.) Skan |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, erect or scrambling up to 3 m tall, growing from a woody rootstock, glandular hairy. Leaves subsessile, stiffly spreading, elliptic to lanceolate, up to 30 mm long, minutely short-hispid to almost hairless; margins shallowly or deeply serrate-crenate, more or less reflexed. Inflorescence usually much branched, many-flowered; flowers, opposite to subopposite; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Calyx 5–7.5 mm long, shortly hispid, sometimes slightly 2-lipped with lobes irregularly crenate-dentate. Corolla white to pale pink or rarely purple-white to pink or magenta; corolla almost equally 5-lobed with a curved tube. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 5–13 mm long, hairy. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, where the type was collected. |
| Habitat: | In grassland and along forest margins. |
| Altitude range: | 2000 - 2200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 10 July 2020 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 265. (Includes a picture). Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 156 - 158. (Includes a picture). |
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