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Veronica javanica
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Vumba Botanic Gardens
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Chalet 2, Chirinda Forest
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| Frequency: | Frequent in the E Highlands |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low, decumbent annual herb, up to c. 15 cm high with branches densely greyish-white hairy. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, up to 2.5 cm long, hairy mostly beneath; margin serrate; petiole 1-3 mm long. Racemes axillary up to 2.5 mm long, few-flowered. Corolla very small, up to 2 mm long, shorter than the calyx, white to pale blue, short-lived. Capsule broadly obcordate compressed, 1.3-2.6 mm long and wide, hairless but ciliate on the suture. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | javanica: of Java |
| Habitat: | On forest edges, in clearings. Also recorded as a weed of gardens and cultivation. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Also in India |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 29 July 2006 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. 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 79. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 81 - 82. (Includes a picture). |
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