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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Annual or perennial herbs, variously hairy. Leaves alternate, rosulate at the base, sessile, mainly linear. Flowers in terminal, dichotomous cymes, scorpioid, bracteate, or simple with unilateral racemes. Calyx 5-lobed with a campanulate tube; lobes linear, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla purple, blue or white, cylindric, with 5 scales opposite lobes. Fruit 4 nutlets, strongly convex on back, a thickened collar-like, ring at the base. Worldwide: About 35 species in Europe, North Africa and western Asia; 2 in southern Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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