Sopubia karaguensis Oliv. var. karaguensis
(name current July 2011)
(Sopubia fastigiata)
OROBANCHACEAE
Growth form: Herb
Restricted distribution within southern Africa
Found within protected areas
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Sopubia fastigiata - Erect, rather woody below. Leaves numerous, very slen- der, hairless, up to 3 cm long x 1 mm wide, with slender short axillary branchlets. Inflorescence terminal, dense with erect branches; flowers stalkless. Calyx densely grey-downy, c 8 mm long, lobes pointed; corolla mauve or pink, c 1 cm across.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
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