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Harveya speciosa Bernh.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Harveya

Characteristics

Perennial herb, parasite, 0.15-1.00 m high; stem greenish yellow, erect, simple, glabrous. Leaves sessile, opposite, elliptical to subovate, 10-37 x 9-22 mm, apex acute or acuminate; glabrous or sparsely appressed-hairy. Inflorescence with 4-12 white flowers. Bracts elliptic-ovate or spathulate, glabrous. Calyx campanulate-obconical at base, cylindrical, glabrous; lobes oblique, deltate. Corolla creamy white to pale yellow, curved at point of expansion, externally villous; throat pale lemon-yellow, villous; limb bilabiate. Stamens ± equal, inserted; anthers extended as far as stigma, monothecous; filaments flattened, glabrous. Ovary ovoid; style distally incurved, extending to throat of corolla; stigma globose, 2-lobed. Flowering time Oct.-Apr.
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Perennial, holoparasitic herb, up to 1 m high; stems, bracts and calyces glabrous. Stems erect. Leaves scale-like. Flowers: inflorescence racemose; calyx cylindrical, strongly 10-nerved; corolla with tube ± 70 mm long, tube and limb creamy white, throat ± 70 mm wide, pale lemon-yellow; Nov.-Mar.
Erect herb, up to 250 mm tall. Leaves scale-like. Spike short, terminal, 4-8-flowered. Corolla up to 60 mm long, far exserted from calyx, lobes broadly orbicular, spreading, up to 7 mm in diameter, limb up to 30 mm in diameter. Flowers yellow changing to white.
Erect, parasitic herb, up to 1 m high. Corolla tube long, narrow (3-6 mm in diameter). Only 1 of each pair of anther thecae developed. Flowers white with yellow throat or cream.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.63 - 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Purgative (unspecified), Lunacy (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Harveya speciosa world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803617-1
WFO ID wfo-0001138100
COL ID 3JVGW
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cycnium tubatum Harveya anisodonta Harveya speciosa Harveya cathcartensis
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