Barleria albostellata C.B. Clarke

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Photo: Darrel Plowes
Eastern Matobo Hills

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Photo: Bart Wursten
Besna Kobila, Matobo.

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Besna Kobila, Matobo

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Impala Loop, Whove Gamp Park, Matobo National Park

Photo: Mark Hyde
By old bridge, Umvumvumvu River

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Status:	Native
Description:	Small erect or scrambling, multi-stemmed shrub, up to 2 m. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, whitish green, densely covered in stellate hairs on both surfaces; margin entire. Flowers in few-flowered inflorescences at the ends of branches, white, held between purplish, leaf-like bracts.
Type location:	Zimbabwe
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Habitat:	In rocky places in woodland and riverine thicket.
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Flowering time:	Jan - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Limpopo South Africa.
FZ divisions:	SE
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 87 - 89. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 274. 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 13.

Flora of Mozambique: Barleria albostellata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Barleria albostellata

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