Alectra orobanchoides Benth.

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Alectra orobanchoides

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Alectra orobanchoides

Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe

Alectra orobanchoides

Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe

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Synonyms: Alectra kirkii Hemsl.
Alectra parvifolia (Engl.) Schinz
Celsia parvifolia Engl.
Melasma orobanchoides (Benth.) Engl.
Common names: Kirk's tobacco witchweed (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect hemiparasitic herb, up to 45 cm tall. Stems branching near the base, often blackish or purple-red and fleshy. Leaves small, usually less than 1 cm long, appressed and scale-like or spreading near the inflorescences, lanceolate-oblong to ovate-oblong. Flowers in the axils of leaves or leaf-like bracts, together forming a spike-like inflorescence, yellow to orange, often with dark purple-red lines.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: orobanchoides: resembling the genus Orobanche
Habitat: In open woodland and scrub, in rocky areas and in cultivated land.
Flowering time:Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3.

Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 368 - 369. (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 308. (Includes a picture).

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 77.

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 92 - 93.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 96.

Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 306 - 307. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 175.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 225.

Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 176 - 177. (Includes a picture).

Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 95. as Alectra kirkii (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Botswana: Alectra orobanchoides
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Flora of Mozambique: Alectra orobanchoides
Flora of Zambia: Alectra orobanchoides
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alectra orobanchoides

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alectra orobanchoides
African Plant Database: Alectra orobanchoides
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alectra orobanchoides
Plants of the World Online: Alectra orobanchoides
Tropicos: Alectra orobanchoides
Wikipedia: Alectra orobanchoides


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Alectra orobanchoides.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151780, retrieved 19 March 2024

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