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Kohautia subverticillata subsp. subverticillata F.C.Wilson

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Annual herb, 0.11-0.60 m high. Leaves with blade narrowly linear-ovate to narrowly ovate-elliptic; stipular sheaths in the midstem region mostly produced into 1 or 2, ± fimbriated, triangular lobes. Flowers: in subsessile or sessile pairs at nodes; stigma comprised of 2, free, ± filiform lobes, held just below or touching the anthers; calyx with tube densely beset with long papillae or hirsute, lobes ± 1/4 the length of the narrow part; corolla with tube 3-6 mm long, dilated part 1/4-1/3 the length of narrow part; narrow part glabrous, dilated part and back of lobes scabrid, lobes white, off-white, grey, yellowish green, bluish white or brownish, tube darker; Nov.-Apr.
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Annual herb, 0.11-0.60 m high. Flowers small, mostly in subsessile or sessile pairs at nodes. Corolla tube 2.7-)3.3-5.8(-6.0) mm long, dilated part a quarter to a third the length of narrow part; narrow part glabrous; dilated part and back of corolla lobes scabrid. Flowers with lobes white, off-white, grey, yellowish green, bluish white or brownish, tube darker.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.6
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Kohautia subverticillata subsp. subverticillata world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171877-1
WFO ID wfo-0000221321
COL ID 5J7KR
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Synonyms

Oldenlandia setulosa Oldenlandia sordida Oldenlandia trothae Oldenlandia xerophila Kohautia subverticillata subsp. subverticillata
WorldFloraDB 2024