Aptosimum lugardiae (N.E. Br.) E. Phillips

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Aptosimum lugardiae

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Aptosimum lugardiae

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Aptosimum lugardiae

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Aptosimum lugardiae

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Aptosimum lugardiae

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

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Synonyms: Peliostomum leucorrhizum E. Mey. ex Benth. var. linearifolium Weber
Peliostomum linearifolium Schinz ex Kuntze
Peliostomum lugardiae N.E. Br. ex Hemsl. & Skan
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Status: Native
Description:
Stiffly erect, much-branched, perennial herb, up to 40 cm tall, usually with a thick rootstock. Leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate or linear, 15-35 mm long, minutely puberulent to almost hairless; margin entire. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx 3-7.5 mm long with linear lobes, joined only at the base. Corolla 5-10.5 mm long, narrow at the base, much wider above, blue, purple or mauve;lobes subcircular. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 5-8.5 mm long, often pointed at the apex, minutely papillose, not markedly veined.
Notes: Not recorded for Zimbabwe in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 8 part 2 (1990).
Derivation of specific name: lugardiae: named after Charlotte Eleanor Lugard-Howard, professional painter and plant collector who was married to Major Edward James Lugard. Both collected extensively in Botswana.
Habitat: In sand veld and on calcareous soils.
Altitude range: (metres) 550 - 1050 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Southern Zimbabwe, Botswana and northern South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: S
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Images last updated: Monday 21 March 2016
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 77.

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 4 - 6. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102.


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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: Aptosimum lugardiae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150940, retrieved 19 March 2024

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