Justicia mollugo C.B. Clarke

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Along main road from Thazima Gate near elephant Sanctuary, Nyika National Park.

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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya

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Synonyms:	Justicia heterocarpa sensu Lindau Justicia leptocarpa sensu Lindau
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Description:	Small, erect annual herb, up to 25 cm high but often less than 10 cm high. Sometimes growing from a small tuber. Stems sparsely hairy. Leaves more or less narrowly ovate to elliptic, 4-23 mm long, sparsely puberulous on midrib and margins, often with stalked glands; petiole up to 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, in clusters of 2-4, rarely solitary; bracts lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 8 mm long, sparsely, puberulous or with scattered ciliae; bracts fused to the pedicel as if flowers appear to be attached to the petiole. Calyx with lobes 2-4 mm long, sparsely puberulous-ciliate, yellowish green. Corolla white or mauve-pink with a more or less distinct pattern on the lip; tube white, 2-3 mm long; lower lip 2-3.5 mm wide. Capsule 3-5 mm long, pointed, sparsely puberulous near the apex or rarely hairless.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 51. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 208. Hedrén, M. (1988). The taxonomy of the Justicia mollugo group (Justicia, sect. Harnieria, Acanthacae) Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. de Belgique 58 (1/2) Pages 140 - 146. (Includes a picture). Hedren, M. (1988). The taxonomy of the Justicia mollugo group (Justicia sect. Harnieria, Acanthaceae) Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(1-2) Pages 140 - 146. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 34.

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