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Status: | Native |
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Shrubby perennial up to c. 75 cm tall. Leaves opposite, more or less narrowly ovate, velvety; margin entire. Flowers axillary. Enlarged calyx lobes ovate, velvety; margin entire, without spines. Corolla pale mauve with a white centre. stamens and style exserted from the corolla. |
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Derivation of specific name: | matopensis: of the Matobo (Matopos) Hills, South of Bulawayo |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. |
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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 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 102 - 103. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Botswana Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 19. 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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 13. (Includes a picture). 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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