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Jamesbrittenia atropurpurea (Benth.) Hilliard

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Jamesbrittenia

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub or shrub up to 1 m high; parts of plant often glutinous because of secreting glistening glands, stems many-branched with leafy dwarf shoots (brachyblasts) in axils. Leaves short, ± 10 x 3 mm, ± spathulate, mostly entire, lower surface with many glistening glands. Flowers axillary, scattered, sometimes stem apex sterile. Calyx: lobes up to 2.8 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla: tube up to 24 mm long; limb bilabiate; lobes oblong to cuneate, thick, obtuse to truncate, margins revolute, upper surface shades of yellow-to red-or chocolate-brown.
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Wiry shrublet, up to 1 m tall, young parts with glistening glands, appearing varnished. Leaves clustered, spathulate, mostly entire. Flowers axillary, corolla tube 15-24 mm long, 2-lipped, lobes narrow, oblong to cuneate, yellowish to brown.
Wiry glandular shrublet to 1 m. Leaves mostly entire. Flowers axillary, long-tubed and 2-lipped with narrow lobes, yellowish to brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Jamesbrittenia atropurpurea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:964670-1
WFO ID wfo-0001259622
COL ID 6ND68
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lyperia crocea Manulea atropurpurea Sutera atropurpurea Sutera atrocaerulea Lyperia atropurpurea Lyperia dinteri Jamesbrittenia atropurpurea Lyperia purpurea

Lower taxons

Jamesbrittenia atropurpurea subsp. pubescens
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