Derivation of specific name
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capitata: in the form of a head, capitate
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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). Barleria capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153520
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial spreading subshrub with decumbent to suberect stems. Leaves opposite, sometimes appearing clustered, oblong-elliptic, 2-5 cm long, grey-green, hairy, particularly on the veins and margin. Flowers in dense capitate heads with closely overlapping enlarged calyx lobes with spiny margins. Corolla actinomorphic, 5-lobed, white, tube extremely long, up to 10 cm, narrowly cylindric, yellowish, pubescent.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Barleria capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153520
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Barleria capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153520
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
