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Acrotome thorncroftii [family LAMIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Acrotome thorncroftii [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Perennial herb 0,1-0,2 m tall, branchÂing from the base; stems arising annually from a woody rootstock, ascending to spreading, slender, sparingly branched, fairly densely hispidulous. Leaves very shortly petiolate; blade oblong-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 14-20 x 2-4 mm, hispidulous, apex obtuse, base cuneate, margin entire or with a pair of minute teeth near the apex. Inflorescence simple or occasionally with a pair of branches near the base, consisting of 2—7 spaced or fairly crowded verticils; verticils 4—10-flowered; bracteoles few, lanceolate to linear-filiform, 3—6 mm long, hispidulous, somewhat spine-tipped; flowers sessile. Calyx hispiduÂlous, 5—7 mm long at flowering, enlarging slightly at maturity, mouth symmetrical, 8 —11-toothed; teeth deltoid-subulate, spine-tipped, 1 — 1,5 mm long. Corolla small, white; upper lip 2,5 mm long; lower lip 5—6 mm long. Fig. 5:5.
Habitat
See note after A. hispida (below).
Use
5. Acrotome thorncroftii Skan in F.C. 5,1: 335 (1910); G. Tayl. in J. Bot., Lond. 73: 10 (1935); Ross, Fl. Natal 303 (1972). Type: Transvaal, Barberton, Thorncroft sub TRV 3124 (K, hole; PRE!).
Range
Known from only a few gatherings in grassland in the south-eastern Transvaal, Swaziland and northern KwaZulu. Map 8.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Acrotome thorncroftii [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Perennial herb 0,1-0,2 m tall, branchÂing from the base; stems arising annually from a woody rootstock, ascending to spreading, slender, sparingly branched, fairly densely hispidulous. Leaves very shortly petiolate; blade oblong-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 14-20 x 2-4 mm, hispidulous, apex obtuse, base cuneate, margin entire or with a pair of minute teeth near the apex. Inflorescence simple or occasionally with a pair of branches near the base, consisting of 2—7 spaced or fairly crowded verticils; verticils 4—10-flowered; bracteoles few, lanceolate to linear-filiform, 3—6 mm long, hispidulous, somewhat spine-tipped; flowers sessile. Calyx hispiduÂlous, 5—7 mm long at flowering, enlarging slightly at maturity, mouth symmetrical, 8 —11-toothed; teeth deltoid-subulate, spine-tipped, 1 — 1,5 mm long. Corolla small, white; upper lip 2,5 mm long; lower lip 5—6 mm long. Fig. 5:5.
Habitat
See note after A. hispida (below).
Use
5. Acrotome thorncroftii Skan in F.C. 5,1: 335 (1910); G. Tayl. in J. Bot., Lond. 73: 10 (1935); Ross, Fl. Natal 303 (1972). Type: Transvaal, Barberton, Thorncroft sub TRV 3124 (K, hole; PRE!).
Range
Known from only a few gatherings in grassland in the south-eastern Transvaal, Swaziland and northern KwaZulu. Map 8.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Acrotome thorncroftii [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Perennial herb 0,1-0,2 m tall, branchÂing from the base; stems arising annually from a woody rootstock, ascending to spreading, slender, sparingly branched, fairly densely hispidulous. Leaves very shortly petiolate; blade oblong-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 14-20 x 2-4 mm, hispidulous, apex obtuse, base cuneate, margin entire or with a pair of minute teeth near the apex. Inflorescence simple or occasionally with a pair of branches near the base, consisting of 2—7 spaced or fairly crowded verticils; verticils 4—10-flowered; bracteoles few, lanceolate to linear-filiform, 3—6 mm long, hispidulous, somewhat spine-tipped; flowers sessile. Calyx hispiduÂlous, 5—7 mm long at flowering, enlarging slightly at maturity, mouth symmetrical, 8 —11-toothed; teeth deltoid-subulate, spine-tipped, 1 — 1,5 mm long. Corolla small, white; upper lip 2,5 mm long; lower lip 5—6 mm long. Fig. 5:5.
Habitat
See note after A. hispida (below).
Use
5. Acrotome thorncroftii Skan in F.C. 5,1: 335 (1910); G. Tayl. in J. Bot., Lond. 73: 10 (1935); Ross, Fl. Natal 303 (1972). Type: Transvaal, Barberton, Thorncroft sub TRV 3124 (K, hole; PRE!).
Range
Known from only a few gatherings in grassland in the south-eastern Transvaal, Swaziland and northern KwaZulu. Map 8.
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