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Lobelia mildbraedii
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Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Michello Rowe
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park
Picture: Michello Rowe
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park
Picture: Michello Rowe
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Lobelia suavibracteata Hauman Lobelia utshungwensis utshungwensis R.E. & T.C.E. Fr. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Uncertain |
| Description: |
Plants 1–3.5 m tall in flower, suckering from the base. Stem more or less erect, up to 8 cm thick at base. Leaves in a dense terminal rosettes, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 15–40 cm long, hairless or finely velvety; margin entire or at least in young leaves minutely toothed. Inflorescence up to 1 m long, dense, cylindrical, unbranched; bracts narrowly oblong to linear, 30–60 mm long, more or less pubescent. Corolla 30–35 mm long, greenish, lilac or pale blue, split to the base on the back, pubescent outside; two lateral petals linear, more or less united with middle petals below; three middle petals united to form a lip with linear lobes. Capsule subspherical, c. 7 mm long, 10–veined, velvety, with two valves, 2–3 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Rwanda |
| Notes: | Noted but not recorded from Zambia according to Flora Zambesiaca nor listed for Nyika in SABONET Report 31: 198 (Burrows & Willis, 2005) but listed for Zambia in SABONET Report 32: 37 (Phiri, 2005). |
| Derivation of specific name: | mildbraedii: after Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1879-1954), German explorer, botanist and plant collector, specializing in bryophytes and pteridophytes. He was Keeper at the Berlin Botanical Museum from 1913. |
| Habitat: | In montane bogs. |
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| Flowering time: | Mar - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania Malawi and ?Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | E? |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 7 September 2018 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 160 - 161. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 198. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 37. Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 122 - 123. |
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