Asystasia subbiflora C.B.Clarke

Species

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Characteristics

Glabrous, except the corolla; branches 0.3 m [as '1 ft.'] long, trailing, flexuose, 4-angular and sub-4-winged, internodes1-2.5 in. long; leaves 1.75 by 0.3 in., oblong, obtuse, much tapering at the base so that the petiole is obscure; peduncles axillary, 51 mm [as '2 in.'] Iong, slender, 2-flowered; bracts 0.25 in. long, linear; pedicels 0.17 in. long; calyx divided nearly to the base, glabrous, segments exceeding 0.3 in. long, linear, scarcely lanceolate at the base; corolla 0.75 in. long, pubescent without, pale blue, very nearly as that of A. coromandeliana; stamens 4, subsimilar; anthers linear-oblong, muticous, one a little below the other; pollen oblong, banded, with 2 stopples; ovary and style glabrous; stigmas 2, very small, oblong.
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Prostrate perennial herb. Leaves glabrescent. Peduncles axillary, long, slender with 1 or 2 flowers. Bracts linear. Pedicels 7-15 mm long; sparsely covered with sessile, glandular trichomes. Corolla 17-20 mm long. Flowers pale blue or mauve.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Asystasia subbiflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45802-1
WFO ID wfo-0000555262
COL ID J79W
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Synonyms

Asystasia subbiflora