Barleria pretoriensis C.B. Clarke

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Kruin Park Nature Reserve, Pretoria

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Common names:	Pretoria barleria (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched perennial herb or subshrub, 30-80 cm tall. Stem with many white stiff appressed medifixed hairs; uppermost internodes often glandular-hairy. Leaves 2-5 cm × 0.3-1 cm, lanceolate or narrowly oblong. Flowers axillary, but often crowded towards the stem apex. Bracts not clearly distinct from the leaves. Corolla 38-60 mm long, white at first, turning pale pink, mauve or violet; tube 13.5 - 25 mm long; lobes in a 4+1 arrangement. Ovary and capsule densely appressed-hairy.
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Derivation of specific name:	pretoriensis: of Pretoria, South Africa.
Habitat:	Open rocky hillsides, rock crevices or sparse bushland wooded grassland
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Worldwide distribution:	Botswana and South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West).
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Content last updated:	Saturday 31 March 2018
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 105. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 40. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Barleria pretoriensis
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