Buchnera hispida
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Just east of the Sinde river, anong paths towards the Zambezi, Livingstone, Zambia.
Photo: Helen Pickering
Just east of the Sinde river, anong paths towards the Zambezi, Livingstone, Zambia.
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Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch |
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Annual herb, up to 1 m long. Stem erect, often branched, terete, with long hairs below, with rough, short stiff hairs above. Basal leaves when present 20 -35 mm long, broadly elliptic to almost circular, 3-veined; margin entire. Lower stem leaves ovate-lanceolate to more to less narrowly oblong, 45-70 mm long, 3-veined; margin entire or coarsely toothed. Higher stem leaves, linear to linear-lanceolate, 15-40 mm long, single-veined; margin entire or remotely toothed. All leaves rough with short, appressed, stiff hairs. Inflorescences terminal spikes, soon lax, 6-30 cm long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, often larger and leaf-like at the flowers, with rough stiff hairs or sometimes hairless with ciliate margins. Calyx 4-8 mm long, 5-lobed, more or less clearly 10-veined, more or less sparsely covered with short spreading stiff hairs. Corolla blue, mauve, purple or white; tube 6-7.5 mm long, straight or rarely curved, hairy in the throat; lobes up to 3 × 2 mm, obovate-oblong. Capsule ovoid c. 5.5 × 3 mm. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | hispida: rough with stiff hairs (hispid) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, Oman and Jemen, Madagascar and India. |
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Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 93. Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 134 - 136. (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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 181. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 119. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 96. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 105. (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 Pages 175 - 176. 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. |
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