Chascanum pinnatifidum
pinnatifidum
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Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district,
Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district,
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| Synonyms: |
Bouchea pinnatifida (L.f.) Schauer Buchnera pinnatifida L.f. Plexipus pinnatifidus (L.f.) R.R. Fern. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Bushy perennial herb, up to c. 60 cm tall, growing from a woody taproot. Most parts puberulous with short stiff, glandular hairs. Stems branching near the base; branches erect or spreading, sometimes slightly 4-angled. Leaves opposite, subsessile or shortly petiolate, bright green, 1-5 cm long, deeply pinnately lobed with lobes mostly narrowly oblong to linear, up to 2 cm long. Inflorescences in terminal spikes, up to 6.5 cm long; bracts 4-5 mm long, linear lanceolate. Calyx 10-14 mm long, straight. Corolla short-lived, cream to yellowish-green; tube slender, 1.8-2.5 cm long, abruptly expanding into a flat, 5-lobed limb. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pinnatifidum: pinnatifid, referring to the deeply incised leaves. |
| Habitat: | In various types of dry deciduous woodland, open short grassland, on stony hillsides and along margins of pans, mostly in sandy soil. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,SW,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 4 February 2016 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 48 - 49. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 119. (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 82. Maquet, P. & Lawalree, A. (1985). Asteraceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 576 - 577. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 110. |
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