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Barleria affinis
affinis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Arboretum walk, Maleme area, Matobo National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Arboretum walk, Maleme area, Matobo National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Arboretum walk, Maleme area, Matobo National Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect, herbaceous small shrub. Branches densely covered with short hairs. Leaves numerous on the branches small, broadly ovate to almost round, blue-green, veining conspicuous below. Flowers axillary and terminal, blue, mauve or white. Corolla tube long and slender, held in ovate, conspicuous bracts. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | affinis: related, similar or allied to |
| Habitat: | In scrub, particularly in rocky areas |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 6 June 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 73. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17. |
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