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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, with short stems bearing fibres. Leaves in a basal rosette, oblong-spathulate, 1.5-3 × 0.5-1 cm, with 5 parallel veins, densely hairy on both the upper and lower surfaces, entire or undulate. Inflorescence a usually dense apical raceme, 3-5(-9) cm tall. Corolla c. 9 mm long; colour white, with violet patches on each of the three lower lobes and yellow protuberances in the throat; upper lip hooded. |
| Type location: |
Kenya |
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| Derivation of specific name: | hirsutum: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute |
| Habitat: | In shallow soils over rocks or in impervious pans which collect seasonal rain water. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Fischer, E. (1999). Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Pages 78 - 81. (Includes a picture). Hepper, F.N. (1990). Craterostigma Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 54 - 55. (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 77. Under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). |