Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B. Clarke

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Ruelliopsis setosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Ruelliopsis setosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Ruelliopsis setosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

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Synonyms: Calophanes setosus Nees
Crabbea angustifolia sensu Dinter non Nees
Dyschoriste fleckii Schinz
Ruelliopsis damarensis S. Moore
Common names:
Frequency: apparently scarce.
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb with bristly-hairy trailing stems up to 60 cm long growing from a taproot. Leaves in clusters on dwarf shoots along otherwise bare stems, linear-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, up to 6 cm long with long glossy, bristly hairs,particularly on the midrib and margin. Flowers mauve-blue, 2-3.5 cm long, protruding from the leaf clusters.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: setosa: bristly-hairy or setose.
Habitat: In black, clay soils at edges of pans and on termitaria or in deep sand in open grassland
Altitude range: (metres) 850 - 1400 m
Flowering time:Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: W
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status: Data deficient
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Images last updated: Tuesday 12 June 2007
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31.

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 28. (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 15.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 19.

Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 121 - 123. (Includes a picture).


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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: Ruelliopsis setosa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153360, retrieved 28 March 2024

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