Endostemon tereticaulis (Poir.) M.R.Ashby

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Description:

Much-branched perennial herb with densely hairy stems, 20-50 cm tall. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, covered in soft grey hairs, particularly below; margins crenate. Flowers in axillary clusters; bracts leaf-like; corolla 4-lobed, mauve to deep purple.

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149670

Derivation of specific name:

tereticaulis: with a terete or cylindric stem

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149670

Worldwide distribution:

from Senegal to Somalia and south to South Africa.

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149670

Frequency:

Frequent at lower altitudes

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149670
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