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Walafrida nachtigali

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Name

Identification
Walafrida nachtigali (Rolfe) Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Selago nachtigalii Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Selago nachtigalii
  • Walafrida nachtigali

Flora

Entry for WALAFRIDA Nachtigali Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 95, (1912) Author: By R. A. ROLFE.
Names
WALAFRIDA Nachtigali Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Selago Nachtigali Rolfe [family ], in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 205.
Information
perennial?, branched chiefly near the base, about 6–9 in. high; branches minutely canescent; leaves somewhat fascicled or rarely solitary, linear or oblong-linear, subacute, minutely canescent, 1–7 lin. long; spikes capitate or oblong, up to 3/4 in. long, often numerous and more or less corymbosely arranged at the summit of the branches; bracts oblong-lanceolate to linear-oblong, subacute, minutely canescent, 1–1 3/4 lin. long; calyx 3/4–1 lin. long; lateral lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, minutely ciliate; middle lobe usually smaller, sometimes nearly obsolete; corolla white (Galpin); tube oblong, 3/4–1 lin. long; lobes elliptic-oblong, about half as long as the tube; fruit broadly ovoid or subglobose, slightly compressed, 3/4 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 773! plains near Queenstown, 3500 ft., Galpin, 1646!EASTERN REGION Natal! Port Natal, Miss Owen!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; plains between Griqua Town and Witte Water, Burchell, 1895! near Griqua Town, Orpen in Bolus Herb., 5752! and without precise locality, Marloth, 1030! Orange River Colony; Mud River Drift, Rehmann, 3603! Bechuanaland; Masupa River, in Banquaketse Territory, Holub!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Nachtigal!

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