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Rotheca pilosa (H.Pearson) P.P.J.Herman & Retief

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Rotheca

Characteristics

Suffrutex stirpibus pilosis tenuibus adscendentibus subangularibus ab collo subterraneo ligneo ortis. Folia opposita, petiolata, membranacea, late ovata vel triangulari-ovata, basim rotundata vel vix attenuata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, marginibus integris, pilosa pr?sertim nervis marginibusque. Cym? axillares, 1-2-flor?. Flores pedicellis pilosis suffulti; bracteol? 2, opposit?, lineares. Calyx subanthesin campanulatus (? tandem accrescens), 5-angularis, 5-lobatus, extus pilosus intus glandulifer. Corolla tubus rectus, in faucibus villosus; lobi, superiores oblongi ellipticive, apice rotundati; anterior late spathulatus, concavus. Ovarium 4-lobatum, glanduliferum, c?terum glabrum.
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Perennial undershrub, 0.15-0.40 m high, suffrutex; stems slender, ascending, subangular, from woody underground rootstock. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or triangular-ovate, pilose beneath, base rounded or slightly attenuate, apex obtuse or rounded. Inflorescence: 1-3-flowered cymes, in axils of leaves; bracteoles 2, opposite, linear. Flowers: pedicels slender, pilose. Calyx during flowering campanulate, 5-angled, 5-lobed, pilose without, glandular within; lobes oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Corolla: tube straight, villous in throat; posterior lobes oblong or elliptic, rounded at apex. Flowering time Oct.-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
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Distribution

Rotheca pilosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20007016-1
WFO ID wfo-0000524120
COL ID 4TG96
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Synonyms

Rotheca pilosa Clerodendrum pilosum
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