Verbascum brevipedicellatum (Engl.) Hub.-Mor.

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Verbascum brevipedicellatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe

Verbascum brevipedicellatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe

Verbascum brevipedicellatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe

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Synonyms: Celsia brevipedicellata Engl.
Celsia keniensis Murb.
Rhabdotosperma brevipedicellata (Engl.) Hartl
Rhabdotosperma keniensis (Murb.) Hartl
Verbascum keniense (Murb.) Hub.-Mor.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
Tanzania, Kilimanjaro
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: brevipedicellatum: with short pedicels (flowering stalks).
Habitat: In moist montane evergreen forest and montane grassland, sometimes in disturbed places or along road sides.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Botanical divisions: VIII,IX,XI
Growth form(s): Perennial.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Friday 12 June 2026
Literature:

Fischer, E. (1999). Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Pages 12 - 14. as Rhabdotosperma brevipedicellata (Includes a picture).

Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 476. As Rhabdotosperma brevipedicellata (Includes a picture).

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 233.


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Flora of Burundi: Verbascum brevipedicellatum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Verbascum brevipedicellatum
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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Verbascum brevipedicellatum.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=243660, retrieved 13 June 2026

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