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Craterostigma plantagineum
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By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd
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By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd
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By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd
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| Synonyms: |
Torenia plantaginea (Hochst.) Benth. |
| Common names: | Blue carpet (English) Mubatabata (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Umabuyasibonze (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small perennial herb, usually less than 10 cm. Leaves in a basal rosette, variable from broadly ovate to lanceolate, hairless above, hairy beneath and on the margins; parallel veins prominent beneath. Inflorescence c. 8 cm tall, racemose. Flowers purple and white, 2-lipped; lower lip 3-lobed with the mid-lobe very broad. |
| Notes: | This plant can dry out and stay dormant for long periods and spring back to life after some rain (Hornby & Hornby 1964) |
| Derivation of specific name: | plantagineum: leaves like a Plantago |
| Habitat: | In shallow soil overlying rock and in mopane woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Namibia and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa; also in Yemen and India. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 23 January 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 366 - 367. (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. (1992). Systematik der afrikanischen Lindernieae (Scrophulariaceae) Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 81 Pages 87 - 94. (Includes a picture). Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 61 - 62. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 58. (Includes a picture). Hepper, F.N. (1990). Craterostigma Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 56. Hornby, H.E. & Hornby, R.M (1964). The reaction of Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst. to desiccation Kirkia 4 Pages 217 - 220. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 325. (Includes a picture). 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) Page 56. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 97. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 106. (Includes a picture). Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 109, plate 147 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 103. |
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