Plectranthus chimanimanensis S. Moore

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Photo: Rawdon Goodier
Chimanimani Mts

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near summit Castle Beacon, Vumba

Photo: Neil Crouch
Base camp to hut, Chiamnimani N.P.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Chimanimani spur flower (English)
Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Aromatic small shrub, up to 1.2 m tall. Stems woody below, often purple-reddish above. Leaves thick and fleshy, elliptic, 10-15 mm long, discolorous; margin crenate, rolled under, sparsely set with red sessile glands; petiole 1-3 mm long. Inflorescence lax with 2-6-flowered whorls, 5-10 mm apart; inflorescence branches and calyces purple-red. Calyx 3-4 mm long, pubescent with yellowish glands. Corolla 6-12 mm long, pink or white with pink lobes, upper and lower lip subequal, 2-4 mm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	chimanimanensis: of the Chimanimani mountains
Habitat:	Rocky grasslands on mountain slopes
Altitude range: (metres)	Above 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Border highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, including Mt Gorongosa. It is not confined to the Chimanimani mountains
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Friday 6 April 2007
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. As Plectranthus chimanimanensis Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 78. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 88. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 62. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 143. 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) Pages 207 - 208. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.

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