Gomphostigma virgatum (L.f.) Baill.

NEW YÖM BOTANICAL GARDEN
m
EX NATIONAAL HERBARIUM NEDERLAND
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY BRANCH (WAG)
Collected by: A.J.M. Leeuwenberg
no. 10919
d.d.: 26 February 1976
Scrophulariaceae
Gomphostigma virgatum (L.f.) Baill.
Det: A.J.M. Leeuwenberg 1976
SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, Pretoria District, Pienaars
River on left bank, just below Roodeplaatdam, NE of Pretoria.
In river and on bank.
25°37' S, 28°22' E Alt: 1000m
Shrubs, 0.50-1.20 m high with willow like, long overhanging
virgate branches. With roots in water or mud. Bark smooth,
pale greenish. Wood soft, whitish. Branches terete. Leaves pale
green on both sides.
Calyx pale green. Corolla, filaments and style white. Stigma
and ovary pale yellow green. Anthers dark brown at z
turning completely dark brown. Fruits dark brown.
Associated materials: Spirit collection.
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