Aeollanthus suaveolens
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Habit
Open wooded grassland drainage system
Nsama, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Open wooded grassland drainage system
Nsama, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Open wooded grassland drainage system
Nsama, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Open wooded grassland drainage system
Nsama, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Aeollanthus affinis De Wild. Aeollanthus cassava G. Taylor Aeollanthus glabrifolius De Wild. Aeollanthus heliotropioides Oliv. Aeollanthus lamborayi De Wild. |
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| Description: |
Annual or perhaps sometimes a short-lived perennial herb, 7–80 cm, ascending or erect. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, elliptic to obovate or sometimes ovate, up to 1.3–7.5 × 0.4–2.5 cm, rounded, cuneate or slightly attenuate at the base, margin crenate or almost entire. Inflorescences lax or rather dense; spikes onesided with one flower and two dissimilar bracts at each node; bracts mostly densely hairy and often hidden by their indumentum. Corolla violet or sometimes white; tube slightly to strongly broadened towards the throat, 2.5–6 mm long; posterior lip distinctly 4-lobed; anterior lip boatshaped, 1.5–4 mm long. Fruiting calyx ± ovoid, 2.5–4.1 mm long, concave in the apical part of the abaxial side, dehiscent far below the middle; posterior lip truncate or indistinctly 3-lobed, usually slightly bent over the anterior lip; anterior lip truncate or slightly 2-lobed; basal part orbicular (when seen from above), flat above. Nutlets 1–1.2 × 0.9–1.1 mm, smooth, glossy. |
| Type location: |
Brazil |
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| Derivation of specific name: | suaveolens: sweet-smelling or fragrant, a reference to the aromatic nature of the whole plant. |
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| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from Nigeria, Cameroon and Sudan through East and Central Africa south to Angola, Zambia, Botswana and northern South Africa. |
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| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 296. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 77. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeollanthus suaveolensAfrican Plant Database: Aeollanthus suaveolens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aeollanthus suaveolens
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