Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Lehmann, G. (1988) Plantaginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)
Herbs, annual, simple or branched, glabrous or glandular-pilose. Leaves simple, entire, usually opposite below, becoming alternate above. Flowers zygomorphic in terminal racemes, or solitary-axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes longer than corolla tube, markedly unequal; corolla tubular, tube broadly cylindric, wide mouthed, villous within. Fruit a capsule ovoid, opening with 2 pores. Seeds somewhat flattened, one face with a wide, raised, papillose border, the other smooth, keeled and produced into a narrow wing. Worldwide: 3 species from the Mediterranean to North West India. DRC: 1 taxon. |
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