Alectra bainesii Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Alectra

Characteristics

Stamens appearing subequal; filaments 1.5–2 mm. long, heavily bearded below anthers, otherwise glabrous; anthers unequal c. 0.75–1 mm. long, cylindric-ovoid, obtuse, not apiculate.
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Bracts 5.5–6(14) mm. wide, broadly ovate, obtuse, entire or with one to two teeth on each side, 3–5-nerved, shortly hispid-pilose.
Corolla yellow-orange, 8–11 mm. long, deeply 5-lobed; lobes longer than tube, spathulate to rounded, undulate, strongly veined.
Calyx 5.5–7.5 mm. long, subglabrous to hispid; lobes equal to subequal, 1.3–2 mm. long, broadly triangular, obtuse.
Erect herb to 10 cm. tall, almost leafless; stem thick, glabrous, simple or rarely once-branched.
Bracteoles 3.5–6 x 0.75–1 mm., oblong-spathulate, obtuse, shortly hispid-pilose.
Leaves 2–4.5 x 2.5–4 mm., scale-like, reniform, sessile, closely appressed.
Flowers crowded at ends of stems, subsessile.
Capsule 5 mm. in diam., globose.
Pedicels up to 0.5 mm. long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
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Distribution

Alectra bainesii world distribution map, present in Botswana and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:798744-1
WFO ID wfo-0000525376
COL ID BM22
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Synonyms

Alectra bainesii