Monechma divaricatum
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Monechma divaricatum (Nees) C.B.Clarke |
| Location: | Farm Urikos (2416AC) |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Wildelusern, Wilde luserntongetjies, Maklikbreek |
| English common name(s): | Wild lucerne, Branched monechma |
| Synonym(s): | Adhatoda divaricata Nees Adhatoda orchioides (L.f.) Nees var. angustifolia Nees fide Fl. Cap. V (1), 73 // DC Prod. XI, 393 Justicia mossamedea S.Moore Justicia namaensis Schinz fide Fl. S. Africa 30(3:1): 55 Justicia nepeta S.Moore Monechma angustissimum S.Moore Monechma eremum S.Moore fide Fl. S. Africa 30(3:1): 55 Monechma fimbriatum C.B.Clarke Monechma floridum C.B.Clarke Monechma namaense (Schinz) C.B.Clarke fide Fl. S. Africa 30(3:1): 55 Monechma nepeta (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke Monechma nepetoides C.B.Clarke Monechma terminale S.Moore |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Flowers solitary, axillary, calyx lobes 4, corolla small, ±5 mm in diameter, upper lobe very small white, three bottom lobes purple, centre white with tiny black lines. An undershrub, attaining 2 ft. in height (at least); branches terete, not striate, minutely hairy, many internodes 1–2.5 in. long; leaves 0.5– 0.666 by 0.125– 0.167 in., linear-obovate, pubescent, long-tapering to the base, tip obtuse, recurved, with a minute mucro; flowers scattered, axillary, few, mostly towards the ends of the branches; bracteoles 2, 0.25 in. long, linear; calyx 0.25 in. long, deeply 4-fid; lobes linear, glandular-pubescent, very white on the margins; corolla 0.5 in. long, rose-coloured (Bolus); one anther-cell much lower than the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples and 2 rows of small tubercles on either side of each stopple; ovary glabrous; style thinly hairy; capsule nearly 0.5 in. long, 2-seeded; seeds smooth, blotched. (from JSTOR website / Flora Capensis) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iSpot Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 30 Apr 2011 |
| Camera make: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.5 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/250 s |
| ISO speed: | 80 |
| Content last updated: | 01 Sep 2012 |
