Trichodesma ambacense Welw.
subsp. hockii (De Wild.) Brummitt

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (7)

Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam

Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:
Common names: Blue Bells of St Mary's (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb with many erect stems growing from a rootstock, dying back each winter. Stems bristly-hairy, sometimes sparsely so. Leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptic. Inflorescence composed of 2-9 cymose primary branches, without bracts. Sepals ovate, enlarging in fruit. Corolla 17-25 mm, blue. Fruit a single discoid tomentose nutlet.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: ambacense: from Ambaca a district of Angola where the type was collected.
Habitat: In grassland and open woodland.
Flowering time:Jul - Sep
Worldwide distribution: From Sudan southwards to Zimbabwe and Botswana; also in West Africa.
Botswana distribution: N
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 122 - 123. (Includes a picture).

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 30.

Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 98 - 99.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 62.

Other sources of information about Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii
Flora of Mozambique: Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii
Flora of Zambia: Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Trichodesma ambacense
African Plant Database: Trichodesma ambacense
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Trichodesma ambacense
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Trichodesma ambacense
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Trichodesma ambacense
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Trichodesma ambacense
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trichodesma ambacense
JSTOR Plant Science: Trichodesma ambacense
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Trichodesma ambacense
Plants of the World Online: Trichodesma ambacense
Tropicos: Trichodesma ambacense
Wikipedia: Trichodesma ambacense


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Trichodesma ambacense subsp. hockii.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148440, retrieved 7 October 2024

Site software last modified: 2 April 2018 9:51pm
Terms of use