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Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.31: 3007 (1915). —Merxm. in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr.126: 8 (1967). TAB. 9. Types from S. Africa. Sutera rigida L. Bolus [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 9: 267 (1915). Type from S. Africa. Selaginastrum rigidum L. Bolus Schinz & Thell. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Viert. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 121 (1929). Type as above. Antherothamnus rigida L. Bolus Phillips [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bothalia 3: 271 (1937). Type as above.
Information
Bushy shrub up to 3 m. tall; branches slender, pale orange-brown, shortly glandular-pubescent when young becoming dark brownish-grey, glabrescent with age. Leaves 3–5(10) x 1–1.5(3.5) mm., alternate-fasciculate, obovate cuneate, obtuse, somewhat succulent, shortly glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent, minutely dark punctate. Inflorescence with racemes 1–1.5 cm. long, arising from upper fascicles. Flowers alternate, pedicellate. Pedicels 1.5–2.75 mm. long, slender, bibracteolate. Bracteoles opposite, 0.6–1.4 mm. long, linear. Calyx 5–7-lobed; lobes 1–2.5 x c. 0.5 mm., obtuse, linear, glabrous. Corolla white with yellow throat, fragrant; tube 2.5–4 mm. long, 1.5–3.25 mm. wide at mouth, narrowly infundibuliform; lobes 1.5–2.5 mm. in diam., subcircular, lower pair slightly smaller. Filaments filiform; anthers subglobose-ellipsoid. Style curved below apex. Capsule 3–3.5 x 2 mm., ovoid, glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent.
Habitat
rocky hillsides
Altitude range
960–1220 m. 1220 960
Distribution
Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Matopos, fr. 6.xi.1925, Eyles 7024 (SRGH).Botswana SE by Livingstone’s Cave, Molepolole, 56 km. NW. of Gaborone, 1160 m., fl. 21.iv.1974, Mott 239 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa Namibia

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.31: 3007 (1915). —Merxm. in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr.126: 8 (1967). TAB. 9. Types from S. Africa. Sutera rigida L. Bolus [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 9: 267 (1915). Type from S. Africa. Selaginastrum rigidum L. Bolus Schinz & Thell. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Viert. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 121 (1929). Type as above. Antherothamnus rigida L. Bolus Phillips [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bothalia 3: 271 (1937). Type as above.
Information
Bushy shrub up to 3 m. tall; branches slender, pale orange-brown, shortly glandular-pubescent when young becoming dark brownish-grey, glabrescent with age. Leaves 3–5(10) x 1–1.5(3.5) mm., alternate-fasciculate, obovate cuneate, obtuse, somewhat succulent, shortly glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent, minutely dark punctate. Inflorescence with racemes 1–1.5 cm. long, arising from upper fascicles. Flowers alternate, pedicellate. Pedicels 1.5–2.75 mm. long, slender, bibracteolate. Bracteoles opposite, 0.6–1.4 mm. long, linear. Calyx 5–7-lobed; lobes 1–2.5 x c. 0.5 mm., obtuse, linear, glabrous. Corolla white with yellow throat, fragrant; tube 2.5–4 mm. long, 1.5–3.25 mm. wide at mouth, narrowly infundibuliform; lobes 1.5–2.5 mm. in diam., subcircular, lower pair slightly smaller. Filaments filiform; anthers subglobose-ellipsoid. Style curved below apex. Capsule 3–3.5 x 2 mm., ovoid, glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent.
Habitat
rocky hillsides
Altitude range
960–1220 m. 1220 960
Distribution
Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Matopos, fr. 6.xi.1925, Eyles 7024 (SRGH).Botswana SE by Livingstone’s Cave, Molepolole, 56 km. NW. of Gaborone, 1160 m., fl. 21.iv.1974, Mott 239 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa Namibia

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.31: 3007 (1915). —Merxm. in Merxm., Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr.126: 8 (1967). TAB. 9. Types from S. Africa. Sutera rigida L. Bolus [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 9: 267 (1915). Type from S. Africa. Selaginastrum rigidum L. Bolus Schinz & Thell. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Viert. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 121 (1929). Type as above. Antherothamnus rigida L. Bolus Phillips [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bothalia 3: 271 (1937). Type as above.
Information
Bushy shrub up to 3 m. tall; branches slender, pale orange-brown, shortly glandular-pubescent when young becoming dark brownish-grey, glabrescent with age. Leaves 3–5(10) x 1–1.5(3.5) mm., alternate-fasciculate, obovate cuneate, obtuse, somewhat succulent, shortly glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent, minutely dark punctate. Inflorescence with racemes 1–1.5 cm. long, arising from upper fascicles. Flowers alternate, pedicellate. Pedicels 1.5–2.75 mm. long, slender, bibracteolate. Bracteoles opposite, 0.6–1.4 mm. long, linear. Calyx 5–7-lobed; lobes 1–2.5 x c. 0.5 mm., obtuse, linear, glabrous. Corolla white with yellow throat, fragrant; tube 2.5–4 mm. long, 1.5–3.25 mm. wide at mouth, narrowly infundibuliform; lobes 1.5–2.5 mm. in diam., subcircular, lower pair slightly smaller. Filaments filiform; anthers subglobose-ellipsoid. Style curved below apex. Capsule 3–3.5 x 2 mm., ovoid, glandular-pubescent when young, glabrescent.
Habitat
rocky hillsides
Altitude range
960–1220 m. 1220 960
Distribution
Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Matopos, fr. 6.xi.1925, Eyles 7024 (SRGH).Botswana SE by Livingstone’s Cave, Molepolole, 56 km. NW. of Gaborone, 1160 m., fl. 21.iv.1974, Mott 239 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa Namibia
Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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