Petalidium aromaticum Oberm.
var. aromaticum

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Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched shrubby aromatic perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Stems and branches covered in greyish-white glandular hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, glandular hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, white, with brown veins in the corolla throat, held between ovate bracts.
Notes:	Though not listed in the List of Endemic Plant Species (Mapaura in Kirkia 18-1, 2002), this plant, with its very limited range should qualify as a Near-Endemic
Derivation of specific name:	aromaticum: aromatic
Habitat:	Occurring in open deciduous bushland on stony slopes.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 550 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Limpopo, South Africa and southern Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution:	S
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic?
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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. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 156 - 158. As Petalidium aromaticum (Includes a picture).

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