Swaziland's Flora Database
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Salpinctium hirsutum T.J.Edwards (name current 2016) (Asystasia natalensis) (Asystasia sp.) (Asystasia ? stenosiphon) Acanthaceae Restricted distribution within southern Africa Red Data Book Information: Status: DD Threats: Agriculture, urban expansion Distribution: Siteki, Hlatikulu, Malandze Road to Maphalaleni Very little is known about this recently described species. Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Asystasia natalensis - Moderately long-hairy throughout. Leaf-stalk c 3 mm long; blade oval, tapering to tip, broadest below middle, often slightly heart- shaped at base, up to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Inflorescence terminal, rather lax. Calyx c 1,2 cm long, hairy and glandular; corolla white, hairy, tube cylindrical, slightly longer than calyx, upper part widening to narrow funnel, back-lobe longer than others. Asystasia ?stenosiphon - Very thinly downy or almost hairless. Slightly woody at base. Leaf-stalk c 2 mm long; blade broadly oval, narrowing to blunt tip, slightly heart-shaped at base, margins slightly wavy. Calyx c 8 mm long, downy, glandular; corolla pink, tube c 1,5 cm long, cylindrical at base, funnel-shaped above, slightly downy. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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