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| Synonyms: |
Lobelia fonticola Engl. & Gilg Lobelia zeyheri Sond. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb; stems erect or decumbent, 2-15 cm tall. Leaves up to 14 × 7 mm, sessile, elliptic to narrowly ovate, pubescent; margin coarsely serrate-dentate. Flowers often cleistogamous, in lax racemes; bracteoles at base of pedicel resembling small leaves. Corolla 4-5 mm long, white, pale blue or pink with 2 yellowish bumps in the mouth of the tube. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist |
| Habitat: | in seasonally wet ground, stream banks or shallow soils over rocks, often in sandy places |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. 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 58. Under Lobeliaceae Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Page 148. |
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