Derivation of specific name
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gangetica: of the Ganges River, India;
micrantha: small-flowered
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154010
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Erect or scrambling perennial, up to c. 1 m. Leaves opposite, ovate, occasionally finely hairy; margin entire. Flowers in a terminal, often one-sided raceme, white to pale mauve-blue with purple markings in the lower lip.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154010
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154010
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Junonia oenone oenone (Blue pansy) Junonia natalitica natalitica (Brown pansy) Salamis parhassus (Common mother-of-pearl) Hypolimnas misippus (Common diadem) Junonia hierta cebrene (Yellow pansy) Junonia terea elgiva (Soldier pansy) Salamis anacardii nebulosa (Clouded mother-of-pearl)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154010
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands and tropical Arabia.
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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). Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154010
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
