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Vahlia capensis

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Name

Identification
Vahlia capensis sensu J.H.Ross [family VAHLIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for VAHLIA Capensis Thunb. [family VAHLIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 305, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
VAHLIA Capensis Thunb. [family VAHLIACEAE], Cap. p. 246;—DC. Prod. 4, p. 53. E. & Z.! 1764.
Russelia Capensis Linn. f. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Information
many-stemmed, branched from the base, pubescent or glabrescent; leaves linear or narrow-lanceolate; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves; capsules turbinate. Stems 6 inches to 2 feet long, woody and much-branched below, herbaceous above; the twigs 6–12 inches long, simple. Pubescence either scanty or dense and woolly. Leaf-pairs 1–1 1/2 inch apart; leaves 8–10 lines to 1 1/2 inch long, either very narrow-linear with revolute margins, or flat and lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, either very short or 2–6 lines long, forked, bearing 2 flowers. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, longer than the pubescent tube; petals white, shorter than the calyx-lobes.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Verkeerde Valley, Thunberg. Duiker Valley, Cape, and the Kamiesberg, E. & Z.! Wolf R., Burke & Zeyher! Zwartland, Wallich. Many localities to the north of Capetown, near the west coast, Drege! Namaqualand, A. Wyley! (Herb. D. Sd. Hk.)

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