Aeollanthus homblei De Wild.

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Habit
Dambo margin
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Rosette leaves
Dambo margin
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Dambo margin
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flowers
Dambo margin
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Nov 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Aeollanthus rosulifolius P.A. Duvign. & Denaeyer Icomum albocandelabrum P.A. Duvign. & Denaeyer
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with one or a few stems 10-45 cm tall growing from an elongate or globose root; leaves ± heteromorphic (with two different forms), in a rosette or subopposite, basal leaves 11-150 x 6-100 mm, subsessile or shortly petiolate, obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic to orbicular-oblate, stem leaves subsessile, smaller and narrower or sometimes absent; inflorescence unbranched or few branched spikes of subverticillate, subopposite or scattered flowers; fruiting calyx ovoid, 3.5-6 mm long; corolla white or pink with tube slightly broadened towards throat, 4.5-7.5 mm long, posterior lip 4-lobed with mid-lobes markedly larger than side lobes, lower lip 3-6 mm long, boat-shaped; nutlets smooth.
Type location:	Congo, Katanga, near Katentania, xi.1912, Homblé 832 (BR lectotype)
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	homblei: after Henri Antoine Homblé, Belgian botanist who collected the type specimen in Katanga Province of DRC
Habitat:	Rocks, clay or shallow soil overlying rock or clay
Altitude range:	1100 - 1400 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	DRC and Zambia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Cb
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 14 April 2021
Literature:	Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 299 - 300.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeollanthus homblei
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