Craterostigma pumilum Hochst.

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Craterostigma pumilum

Habit
Miombo woodland
Protea Hill Farm, Lusaka Distr
Feb 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

Craterostigma pumilum

Flower Portrait
Miombo woodland
Protea Hill Farm, Lusaka Distr
Feb 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

Craterostigma pumilum

Flower Portrait
Miombo woodland
Protea Hill Farm, Lusaka Distr
Feb 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status: Native
Description:
Small perennial herb. Leaves in a basal rosette, obovate, 2-4 × 1-2 cm, hairless and smooth above (rarely with a few hairs), densely pubescent beneath; margin closely ciliate. Inflorescence arising from the centre of the rosette on a ± sessile peduncle with relatively long (2-3 cm) pedicels bearing individual flowers. Corolla c. 15 mm long; colour varying from purple or blue to pink with a white and yellowish throat; upper lip entire; lower lip 3-lobed.
Type location:
Ethiopia
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pumilum: dwarf
Habitat: In moist shallow soil over rocks.
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Worldwide distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Lk
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Content last updated: Wednesday 23 September 2020
Literature:

Hepper, F.N. (1990). Craterostigma Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 54.

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. Under Scrophulariaceae

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 54.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Craterostigma pumilum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151370, retrieved 29 March 2024

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