Monopsis stellarioides
schimperiana
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Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe
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Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe
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| Synonyms: |
Lobelia mukuluensis De Wild. Lobelia violaceoaurantiaca De Wild. Monopsis brevicalyx T.C.E.Fr. Monopsis schimperiana Urb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Decumbent annual or perennial herb with stems 5–60 cm long, usually rooting at the lower nodes, ribbed, with harsh pubescence. Leaves opposite, subsessile or shortly petiolate, linear to elliptic, up to 10–35 mm long, acute or obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, rounded to attenuate at the base, almost hairless or usually with fine but harsh pubescence on both surfaces; midvein prominent beneath; margin slightly revolute, crenate or serrate. Flowers not resupinate, solitary, axillary, scattered on the stem; pedicels 8–35 mm. long, pubescent; bracteoles at the base of the pedicel, 6–16 mm long, resembling small leaves. Calyx–lobes 2–6 mm long, acute, entire, more or less pubescent at the margins and on the outside, often reflexed in fruit. Corolla 6·5-11·5 mm long, dirty yellow, dull pink, brownish purple or violet (but always more or less violet when dried), with two bumps in the mouth of the tube, split on the lower side almost to the base, two–lipped with the upper lip 3–lobed and the lower lip consisting of two spathulate lobes united with the tube for up to 2·5 mm; short pubescent outside, often with longer hairs on the midveins of the lobes. Capsule more or less 10–nerved, obconical to oblong–obovoid, up to 10 mm long, pubescent,usually indehiscent (in this subspecies). |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
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| Habitat: | In upland grassland and moors, along forest margins and in rocky places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Gulf of Guinea Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Comoro Islands |
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| Growth form(s): | Annual, perennial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 22 September 2024 |
| Literature: |
Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 452 - 453. (Includes a picture). Reekmans, M. (1985). Lobeliaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 529. (Includes a picture). Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 145 - 147. (Includes a picture). Thulin, M. (1985). Lobeliaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium Pages 48 - 52. (Includes a picture). |
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