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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Suffrutescent herb 10–16 cm tall, with 3–4 slender hairy stems from a woody rootstock.Leaves in whorls of 3, concolorous, blades 1.2–3 × 0.5–0.9 cm, narrowly obovate (basal whorl) to oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, rounded to subacute at the apex, gradually narrowed to the base, appressed velvety grey pubescent on both sides so that surface is not visible save in lowest whorl when pubescence is sparser; lateral nerves in 3–4 pairs, obscure; petiole 2–3 mm long; stipules 1.5 mm long, acuminate.Cymes 1–3-flowered, sessile; pedicels 3–4 mm long, grey pubescent.Calyx densely pubescent; tube 2.5 mm long, very shortly toothed.Corolla yellow; tube 6 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, narrowed at both ends, glabrous save for pubescence near the apex; lobes 5 × 1.8 mm, narrowly lanceolate-triangular, spreading pubescent outside.Anthers exserted 1.5 mm; style exserted 1 mm; pollen presenter 1.5 mm long, obconic.Fruit not known. From FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: | Known only from the above specimen |
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| Habitat: | Hill miombo woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 800 m (approx) |
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| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 22 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Page 274. |