Swaziland's Flora Database
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Sopubia simplex (Hochst.) Hochst. (name current July 2011) OROBANCHACEAE Growth form: Herb Found within protected areas Swaziland abundance: rare Swaziland distribution: one quarter degree grid square only Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Sopubia mannii - Slender with spreading branches, up to 50 cm high, rather lax, hairless throughout. Leaves very slender, often curled, c 2 cm long x 1 mm wide, with or without small axillary short shoots. Inflorescence very open, much branched. Flower stalks c 1,5 cm long, elongating in fruit. Calyx c 5 mm long, lobes almost as long as tube, triangular, pointed, densely white-hairy on inner surface; corolla pink or mauve, veined, lobes broad and rounded, c 1,3 cm across. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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