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Plectranthus hylophilus
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Plectranthus glandulosus Hook.f. [family LABIATAE]
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Name
Identification
Plectranthus hylophilus
Gürke
[family
LABIATAE
]
Plectranthus glandulosus
Hook.f.
[family
LABIATAE
] (stored under name); Verified by Hutchinson; Dalziel,
Related name
Plectranthus glandulosus
Plectranthus hylophilus
Flora
Entry for PLECTRANTHUS hylophilus Guerke [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 226, (
1912
) Author: By N. E. BROWN, T. COOKE and S. A. SKAN.
Names
PLECTRANTHUS hylophilus
Guerke
[family
LABIATAE
], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 203
Information
an undershrub 2 1/2–4 ft. high; stems sparsely hairy; leaves 2–4 in. long, 1 1/2–3 in. broad, opposite, broadly ovate, acute, crenate, sparsely short-hairy on both sides, base deeply cordate; petioles 1/2–3 in. long, hairy; inflorescence a sparingly branched panicle or a simple raceme 3–8 in. long; verticils distant, 6-flowered, 3 flowers on each side usually on a peduncle 1 1/2–3 lin. long (the peduncle rarely absent); flowers white (Junod); pedicels 2–3 lin. long, puberulous; bracts 1 1/2 lin. long, ovate, acute; fruiting calyx 4 lin. long, tubular-campanulate; flowering calyx 1 1/4 lin. long, campanulate, hairy; upper tooth the largest, ovate, acute; other 4 teeth deltoid, acute, 2 lateral teeth a little shorter than the 2 lower; corolla about 4 lin. long; tube 2 lin. long, nearly straight; upper lip 2 lin. long; lower lip 2 lin. long, 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped; nutlets not seen. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Shiluvane, Junod, 777!
Notes
I have seen only 2 rather meagre specimens of this species.
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