Perennial herb, either bushy or several stems tufted from base, stems c. 300-600 mm tall, simple below, branching above into a large spreading panicle, pubescent, hairs patent or slightly recurved, up to 0.25-0.6 mm long, closely leafy throughout. Leaves alternate, fascicled, primary leaves 4-15(-20) x 1-2.8(-10) mm, secondary often smaller, lanceolate, elliptic or spathulate in outline, in larger leaves base tapering to a distinct petiolar part, apex acute, margins sharply and coarsely serrate with 1-4 pairs of teeth, sometimes entire in very narrow secondary leaves, glandular-punctate, glabrous or very nearly so above, below broad-based hairs up to 0.25-0.6 mm long often confined to midrib, sometimes extending to margins. Inflorescence a big spreading panicle but begins flowering when scarcely branched, flowers eventually distant. Bract adnate to pedicel and calyx tube, part free from pedicel up to c. 2.8-3.5 x 0.7-0.8 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, thick-textured, almost glabrous to sparsely pubescent with hairs up to 0.25 mm long on margins and midline. Pedicel (lowermost) 2-4.5 mm. Calyx 2.2-3 mm long on anticous side, lobes 5, almost equal, about twice as long as tube, deltoid-acuminate, thick-textured, strongly keeled, glabrous or with few to many hairs c. 0.25 mm long on margins. Corolla tube 3-5 mm long, funnel-shaped, limb c. 4 mm across lateral lobes, posticous lobes c. 1.5 x 1 mm, anticous lobe c. 1.8-2.2 x 1-1.4 mm, all lobes oblong-elliptic, white to pale mauve. Stamens: posticous filaments 1-1.5 mm long, anthers included, anticous filaments 1.8-2 mm long, anthers shortly exerted. Stigma and style c. 4-5 mm long, style glandular-puberulous. Ovary c. 0.8 x 0.4 mm, nectariferous gland very small. Cocci c. 2 x 1 mm, light brown, smooth, the pair probably not separating, or doing so tardily. From: Hilliard, OM. 1999. The Tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
In herbaria, the species is frequently confused with S. innala, which is similar in facies, but differs inter alia in its much more shallowly toothed calyx. From: Hilliard, OM. 1999. The Tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
It grows in grassland, often among rocks. From: Hilliard, OM. 1999. The Tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Selago longipedicellata appears to be confined to a small area of Zululand, being known to me only from Babanango, Qudeni, Nkandla and Ntumeni (Entumeni). From: Hilliard, OM. 1999. The Tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
September to June
900 to 1600 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
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Indigenous
Endemic
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Lamiales
FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
TRIBE Selagineae
GENUS Selago
SPECIES longipedicellata
17 results for Selago longipedicellata Rolfe
Barcode: PRE0828220-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 1159 | 1993-3-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Nkandla District: Midlands; Qudeni Forest, near Mountain View. Gentle slope.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0137202-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 6724 | 1948-5-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ZULULAND DIST.; QUDENI
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Barcode: NH0154575-0 Collector(s) & number: Nemando, R., 113 | 2024-3-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, King Cetshwayo District. Nkandla Local Municipality area. Nsingabantu village, outside Qudeni Forest ±3 km from Ekhombe District Hospital.
General notes: Permit number: OP3268/2023. Issuing Authority: Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0136534-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 3938 | 2011-11-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Gelykwater Farm, Babanango.
General notes: Mistbelt grassland. Recently burned. Many erect to semi erect stems from a woody rootstock.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0699206-0 Collector(s) & number: Coleman, TA, 968 | 1978-2-5
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Byrne Hill.
General notes: Edge of forest. Shrub amongst grass.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0156274-0 Collector(s) & number: King, KF, 254 | --
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BABANANGO
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0154407-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 5114 | 2024-3-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, King Cetshwayo District Municipality area, Nkandla Local Municipality area. ± 1km from P707 road to Khombe Hospital; Qhudeni.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0008396-0! Collector(s) & number: Wylie, J, 8969 | 1903-3-30
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Nkandhla
General notes: Latitude: 4-5000 ft.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0690051-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Wyk, AE, 7319 | 1986-4-3
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, NKANDLA FOREST RES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0153781-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 3967 | --
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ZULULAND; ENTUMENI DIST.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0153784-0 Collector(s) & number: De Winter, B, 8281 | 1964-4-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, NKANDLA DIST.; OUDENI; FOR. HOUSE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0126622-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 1159 | 1993-3-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Midlands, Qudeni Forest, near Mountain View.
General notes: Rocky grassland, well drained, soil. Full sun, North aspect, gentle slope. Decumbent herb between rocks, c. 40cm high. Multi-stemmed, woody rootstock. Flowers light blue, fading to white. Common.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0153783-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 3606 | 1939-9-22
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ZULULAND; NKANDLA FOR.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0086668-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Wyk, AE, 7357 | 1986-4-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Nkandla Forest Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0989786-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 3938 | 2011-11-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Gelykwater Farm, Babanango-2831BD.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0124400-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 2115 | 1993-12-16
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Elliot, Farm Radobil; Otto du Plessis Pass, ± 16km North of Ida.
General notes: Grassland, well drained sandy soil, Clarens sand stone. Full sun, South-eastern aspect, steep slope. Undisturbed. Shrub 0.48m high. Flowers white. Rare.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0148348-0 Collector(s) & number: Parbhoo, S, 297 | 2017-11-22
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, Babanango, grassland off road R68, towards dundee, opp Mondi site.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
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1901
FLORA CHAPTER
Selagineae Rolfe, RAIn: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Acanthaceae to Proteaceae. Flora Capensis 5: 95-180
Lovell Reeve & Co., London
No results found for Selago longipedicellata Rolfe
Status and criteria
LC
Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
BOOK
Lowrey, T.K. and Wright, S. 1987. Flora of the Witwatersrand. Witwatersrand University Press
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lowry II, P.P. and Smith, P.P. 2003. Closing the gulf between botanists and conservationists. Conservation Biology. 17:1175-1176
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