Aeollanthus serpiculoides Baker

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Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr summit, Chinziwa, Vumba

Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr summit, Chinziwa, Vumba

Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr summit, Chinziwa, Vumba

Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Aeollanthus serpiculoides

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

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Status: Native
Description:
Prostrate or decumbent perennial or rarely annual herb. Stems several, often somewhat fleshy, reddish purple, glandular hairy. Leaves opposite or in clusters on small lateral shoots, variable in shape, markedly fleshy, subsessile, glandular hairy; margins crenate. Inflorescence a branched panicle. Flowers often one-sided on the inflorescence branches. Bracts elliptic, to ovate-lanceolate, more or less recurved. Corolla purple, mauve or white; upper lip with dark purple dots, 2-4-lobed; lower lip flap or slightly boat-shaped. Stamens sometimes longer than the lower lip.
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Habitat: In shallow soil pockets on rocks, often near seasonal streams or seepage areas.
Altitude range: (metres) 300 - 2600 m
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Worldwide distribution: Southern Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: C,E,S
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Images last updated: Sunday 20 January 2019
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 54.

Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 304 - 305. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Malawi: Aeollanthus serpiculoides
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeollanthus serpiculoides
African Plant Database: Aeollanthus serpiculoides
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JSTOR Plant Science: Aeollanthus serpiculoides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aeollanthus serpiculoides
Plants of the World Online: Aeollanthus serpiculoides
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Wikipedia: Aeollanthus serpiculoides


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Aeollanthus serpiculoides.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149610, retrieved 28 March 2024

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