Details of record no: 81102

Blepharis asteracantha C.B. Clarke

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Record details:

Date: 27 May 1994
Recorder(s):HH Schmidt
Collector(s):HH Schmidt
1474
Determiner(s):KB Vollesen
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Herbarium:K
Habitat: In open grasslands, dambos, and adjacent cultivated fields. Oxosolic soils, derived from basalt and volcanic rock.
Location: Isoka District; 36.8 km SE of Tunduma on the Tunduma-Chitipa (Malawi) road (M14). At the southern edge of the Mpande Hills.
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Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zambia
Quarter Degree Square: 0932D2
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Botanical divisions: N
Altitude (metres): 1400
Notes: Herb; 30 cm, erect. Stems mottled red-green. Calyx green with white midrib. Corolla white at base, inside throat with yellow patches, fading to pale blue-purple at corolla lobes. Common name: chipanda.
Latitude, Longitude: -9.551389, 32.928556
Location Accuracy Code: 5

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Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Individual record no: 81102: Blepharis asteracantha.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=81102, retrieved 17 September 2026

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