Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
randii: named after Dr R.F. Rand (1856-1937), English Medical doctor and early plant collector in Zimbabwe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Harveya randii Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152310
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Dwarf annual parasitic herb, up to 7.5 cm tall when flowering. Stems absent or up to 2 cm long, fleshy and scaly. Leaves reduced to scales, 3-6 mm in diameter, broadly ovate to subcircular, with short sticky hairs. Flowers in the axils of scale-like bracts. Corolla c. 3 cm long and 2.5-3 cm in diameter, pink with a white or cream-coloured throat, glandular hairy on the outside.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Harveya randii Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Harveya randii Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
