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Leucas sexdentata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Shashe Wilderness Camp to the National Parks office
Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Shashe Wilderness Camp to the National Parks office
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual herb, up to c. 60 cm tall, unbranched or with few branches from the base. Stems often whitish, hairy. Leaves opposite or whorled with additional smaller leaves, ovate, up to c. 4 × 2.5 cm, softly hairy, rounded at the apex; margin crenate except for the lower third. Flowers in 1-5 spaced axillary, sessile, heads. Calyx tubular, up to 14 mm long at flowering time, somewhat 2-lipped, 6-toothed. Corolla up to 20 mm long, white, 2-lipped; upper lip with a fringe of bristly hairs at the apex; lower lip broad, 2-lobed. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | sexdentata: 6-toothed, referring to the calyx teeth. |
| Habitat: | In dry grassland or open woodland, on gravelly or sandy soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 4 May 2008 |
| 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 56. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 55. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 78. |
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