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Chaetacanthus setiger
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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| Synonyms: |
Dyschoriste setigera (Pers.) Vollesen Ruellia aristata Thunb. Ruellia setigera Pers. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low-growing, shrubby perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall but usually much smaller. Leaves opposite, small, ovate-elliptic, slightly fleshy with sparse glandular hairs. Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Corolla 5-lobed, only slightly 2-lipped, white to pale mauve-blue. |
| Notes: | Kaj Vollesen has sunk Chaetacanthus under Dyschoriste in FZ 8(5) but this is not universally accepted. Kevin Balkwill another Kew author is in favour of maintaining Chaetacanthus as a genus (pers. comm Iain Darbyshire). |
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| Habitat: | Grassland and bushland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E,S |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Zizula hylax (Food plant) Junonia hierta cebrene (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 27 December 2010 |
| 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 13. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 135. As Dyschoriste setigera |
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