Entry for Plectranthus hilliardiae [family LAMIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Plectranthus hilliardiae [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Erect semi-succulent, branched perenÂnial herb 0,3—0,4 m tall; stems ascending, shortly pilose with longer hairs at the nodes. Leaves petiolate; blade semi-succulent, dryÂing membranous, broadly elliptical to obovate-elliptical, 55-90 x 40-60 mm, dark green, sparingly strigose, under-surface with colourless gland-dots, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate, margin shallowly crenate-dentate above the middle, ciliate; petiole 15—35 mm long. InfloresÂcence simple or with 1 or 2 pairs of branches near the base, racemes 80—150 mm long; flowers in sessile, usually 3-flowered cymes forming 4—6-flowered verticils 15—25 mm apart. Calyx 7—8 mm long in fruiting stage, glandular-hispidulous near the base. Corolla pale bluish with purple flecks on the lobes, 26—30 mm long; tube deflexed, expanding and saccate at the base and parallel-sided or narrowing slightly towards the throat; upper lip 5—6 mm long; lower lip concave, 4 mm long. Stamens free, up to 6 mm long. Fig. 30: c.
Habitat
The corolla is reminiscent of P. saccatus var. longitubus (above) but the leaves are larger, more fleshy with shallow toothing only in the upper half.
Use
39. Plectranthus hilliardiae Codd in Bothalia 11: 282 (1974); ibid. 11: 428 (1975). Type: Natal, near Umtamvuna River, Hilliard & Burtt 6767 (PRE, holo.!; NU).
Range
Known only from an area on each side of the Umtamvuna River in southern Natal and adjoining Transkei, not far from the coast; among rocks near and in the margins of scrub forest. Map 96.
