Aptosimum lineare
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Flowers
29 Jun 2006
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Habit
21 Mar 2008
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Habit
24 Mar 2008
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Habit
24 Mar 2008
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Full name: | Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Linear-leaved aptosimum, Carpet flower, Veld violet |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Low growing perennial herb or subshrub, often forming compact, prostrate cushions, sometimes erect and tufted. Leaves linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate with glandular hairs, particularly on the upper surface. Flowers deep blue to violet, darker near the centre. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
