Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
aspera: rough
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Blepharis aspera Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Procumbent or prostrate shrubby herb, up to 35 cm long. Leaves more or less narrowly elliptic or rarely obovate, 1.5-5 cm long, glossy, sparsely and minutely roughly hairy; margin with 4-10 triangular mucronate teeth on each side. Spikes 4-12-flowered, 1.5-5 cm long. Bracts dark green to almost completely whitish minutely hairy with occasional longer hairs on the veins, 15 27 mm long, spine-tip recurved, 5-11 mm long with 3-6 narrow spines on each side of the margin. Corolla blue to mauve, 20-27 mm long; lip hairy below, central lobe emarginate and somewhat narrowing towards the base.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Blepharis aspera Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Blepharis aspera Oberm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
