WorldFloraDB - Hebenstretia oatesii

Characteristics

Leaves 10–35(40) x 1.5–3.5(5) mm., narrowly lanceolate or linear, margins always finely or coarsely serrate throughout or at least in upper third, glabrous, fasciculate, frequently with smaller leaves in axils.

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Stems erect, simple but branching profusely within inflorescence, rarely so below, patent-or somewhat retrorse-pubescent or crisped pubescent, decurrent from leaf bases.

Corolla 8–10.5 mm. long, white with yellow-orange throat, tube 2–2.5 mm. long; limb 5.5–8 mm. long, glabrous, lobes c. 1–1.25(2) mm. long, oblong.

Inflorescence compactly-paniculate, composed of many spikes 2.5–5.5(8) cm. long, with flowers crowded in spikes.

Bracts 3.5–5.6 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, glabrous.

Calyx 2–2.5(2.8) mm. long, ovate, obtuse, glabrous.

Capsule c. 4 mm. long, oblong in outline.

Perennial herb, 30–120 cm. or more tall.

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Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813138-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000716512
COL ID	3JXZC
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Synonyms

Hebenstretia oatesii

Lower taxons

Hebenstretia oatesii subsp. inyangana Hebenstretia oatesii subsp. rhodesiana

WorldFloraDB 2024

Hebenstretia oatesii Rolfe

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Hebenstretia