Lysimachia ruhmeriana Vatke

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Silver Mist cottage, near Troutbeck

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Lysimachia africana Engl. Lysimachia parviflora Baker Lysimachia saganeitensis Knuth Lysimachia woodii Knuth
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Description:	Robust perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Stems often reddish. Leaves subsessile, more or less broadly elliptic to lanceolate, up to 6 cm long, surface and margin usually dotted with blackish glands. Inflorescences in axillary and terminal racemes up to 30 cm long. Flowers c. 3.8 mm long, white, pink or mauve, covered with short stalked glands, Fruit a globose capsule 3-5 mm in diameter, splitting into 5 erect valves.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Primulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 187 - 188. (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 69. as Lysimachia africana Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 214. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85.

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