Bowkeria verticillata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, 5-6 m high. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; 3-whorled; blade narrowly ovate or elliptic, 25-130 x 6-65 mm, apex acute to acuminate, attenuate to subcordate, margins entire, upper surface corrugated with sunken veins, pubescent, bicoloured. Flowers: in cymose inflorescences of 1-many-flowered or in pairs, up to 20 mm long; corolla fused into pouch remote from axis with slit-like mouth, 15-20 mm long, white, purple-spotted inside; Nov.-Apr.
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Shrub or small tree, up to 6 m high. Leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate or elliptic, bicoloured. Flowers in 1-many-flowered, cymose inflorescences. Corolla waxy white, bilabiate, up to 20 mm long with marked pouch on anticous side (remote from axis) and mouth slit-like; inside with purple spots. Flowering time mainly Nov.-Apr.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 6.0
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

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Images

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Distribution

Bowkeria verticillata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Conservation status

Bowkeria verticillata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:799849-1
WFO ID wfo-0000570080
COL ID MS4F
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Synonyms

Trichocladus verticillatus Bowkeria gerrardiana Bowkeria velutina Bowkeria verticillata Bowkeria natalensis Bowkeria simplicifolia Bowkeria triphylla