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Hygrophila abyssinica
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls, near Danger Point
Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls, near Danger Point
Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls, near Danger Point
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| Synonyms: |
Hygrophila prunelloides (S. Moore) Heine Polyechma abyssinicum Nees Synnema hygrophiloides Lindau |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Procumbent or ascending annual or short-lived perennial herb, with stems up to 50 cm. Leaves opposite, more or less narrowly ovate or elliptic, 1.2 - 6 cm long, hairless or finely velvety; margin entire or with blunt triangular teeth. Flowers in 1-12-flowered clusters, together forming spike-like or branched inflorescences up to 30 cm long. Corolla mauve, blue, purple or rarely white, almost actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Capsule 4-7 mm long, finely velvety, with a few glands near the apex. |
| Notes: | Note: contrary to most other species in the genus, H. abyssinica has almost actinomorphic corollas. |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
| Habitat: | Occurring along streamsides and in black vlei soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, DRC, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 6 March 2011 |
| 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 14. Also as Hygrophila prunelloides Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 18. Also as Hygrophila prunelloides Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 15. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 18. Also as Hygrophila prunelloides Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 115 - 117. |
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