PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / LAMIALES / SCROPHULARIACEAE / LIMOSELLEAE / LYPERIA / VIOLACEA
Annual herb blackening on drying, main stem c. 50-450 mm tall, simple at first, later loosely branched from the base and above, lower branches decumbent or ascending, sparsely glandular-puberulous to almost glabrous, hairs c. 0.1-0.2 mm long, scattered glistening glands as well, distantly leafy. Leaves opposite, c. 10-60 x 5-20 mm, elliptic tapering to a petiolar part accounting for c. 1/3 total length of lower leaves, becoming nearly sessile upwards, apex ± obtuse, margins coarsely toothed, lower surface in particular sparsely hairy as the stems. Flowers few to many in lax terminal racemes. Bracts alternate, leaf-like, lowermost c. 6-22 x 2-11 mm Pedicels (lowermost) c. 3-10 mm long. Calyx tube c. 0.1-0.25 mm long, lobes c. 3-5 x 0.7-1 mm, thinly glandular-puberulous, hairs up to 0.15-0.25 mm long, glistening glands as well. Corolla tube 9-15 x 1-1.2 mm, cylindric, expanded in throat to c. 1.8-2.25 mm, limb nearly regular, c. 6-14 mm across, lobes 2.34 x 1.4-3.5 mm, oblong-elliptic to subspathulate, tube and backs of lobes glandular-pubescent, hairs 0.15-0.25 mm long, glistening glands as well particularly on upper parts, upper surface of lobes glabrous except for a broad band of minute glandular hairs around mouth, band of upward-pointing clavate hairs in throat, limb pink, mauve or blue marked with 3 dark streaks at base of each lobe. Stamens 2, filaments 1 mm long, anthers 1-1.4 mm long, just visible in throat or included, staminodes 2, 0.2-0.4 mm long. Stigma 0.7-1 mm long, shortly exserted or included. Style c. 5-13 mm long, glandular-puberulous. Ovary 2.2-2.5 x 1.3-1.7 mm, densely clad in glistening glands, minute glandular hairs (c. 0.1 mm long) particularly on upper part. Capsules 7-12 x 4-6 mm, hairy as ovaries, the glandular hairs very inconspicuous. Seeds 0.8-1.3 x 0.7-1 mm. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Sparsely glandular-hairy annual to 45 cm. Leaves coarsely toothed. Flowers laxly racemose, ± 6-14 mm diam., tube funnel-shaped, 9-15 mm long, pink to blue with dark streaks at base of each lobe, fertile stamens 2. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Lyperia Benth. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 744-745. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Lyperia violacea is a far less hairy plant than L. antirrhinoides (stems, leaves, calyx, ovary and capsules all ± hirsute in L. antirrhinoides), and they also differ strikingly in the corolla limb, which is shades of pink or violet in L. violacea marked with short dark radiating lines around the mouth, white or creamy-white in L. antirrhinoides with a rounded patch at the base of each lobe varying in colour from orange to black. Zeyher 3512, cited by Hiern as Sutera antirrhinoides, is in many herbaria a mixture of L. antirrhinoides and L. violacea. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
The plants grow in sandy or stony ground, sometimes over limestone. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Sandy or stony ground, including limestones. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Lyperia Benth. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 744-745. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Lyperia violacea has been recorded on the Cape Peninsula (Lion's Head, Signal Hill, Devil's Peak), then from the environs of Swellendam east to the Cango valley and the foot of Prince Alfred's Pass in Uniondale division. There is also a record purportedly from Brakdam in Namaqualand (3017BD, Pearson s.n., Z), but its presence there needs confirmation. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Cape Peninsula, Swellendam to Uniondale. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Lyperia Benth. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 744-745. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
June to September
0 to 300 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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Names and Sources
Published in: Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 379 (1836)
Manulea violacea Link ex Jaroscz
Lyperia diandra E.Mey.
Manulea crystallina Weinm.
Sutera antirrhinoides auct.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Lamiales
FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
TRIBE Limoselleae
GENUS Lyperia
SPECIES violacea
6 results for Lyperia violacea (Link ex Jaroscz) Benth.
Barcode: NBG1473545 Collector(s) & number: Moffett, RO, 249 | 1974-6-27
South Africa, Western Cape, Boomplaas/Fontein, Cango Valley
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Barcode: NBG1473543-0 Collector(s) & number: Bohnen, P, 6251 | 1979-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, Resiesbaan siding, 2 km E. on main road.
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Barcode: NBG1473545-0 Collector(s) & number: Moffett, RO, 249 | 1974-6-27
South Africa, Western Cape, Boomplaas/Fontein, Cango Valley.
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Barcode: NBG0195650-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 2489 | 2002-8-5
South Africa, Western Cape, Swellendam. 12 km S of Buffeljags on Malgas Road. School grounds on Coerannie 289.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Renosterveld vegetation. Gentle hill slope. Well-drained, loamy soil. Shale. Full sun. NE aspect. No biotic effect seen. Herb. Petals mauve, yellow in throat. 2 Stamens excluded. Plant height 0.10 m high. Common in softer soil, not sheltered by renosterbos. = Veld >10 years old.
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Barcode: NBG1473539-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 9926 | 1994-8-14
South Africa, Western Cape, Western Cape: (Riversdale). Road to Stilbaai, 7 km N of the town.
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Barcode: PRE0125022-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 22589 | 1962-8-23
South Africa, Western Cape, Napkys.
General notes: Alt. c. 400 ft. Coastal Renosterveld, locally frequent.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Scrophulariaceae: Lyperia Benth. Manning, JC; Goldblatt, PIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 744-745
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1994
1836
1821
No results found for Lyperia violacea (Link ex Jaroscz) Benth.
Status and criteria
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Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
BOOK
Delpierre, G.R. and Du Plessis, N.M. 1974. Winter-growing Gladioli of South Africa: a pictorial record with descriptions. Tafelberg Uitgewers
GENERIC
Demissew, S. 2008. Asparagaceae. Edited by J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins. Flora Zambesiaca. Royal Botanic Gardens. 13 (Part 1):1-30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Demissew, S. and Mill, R. 2009. Revision of the genus Seddera (Convolvulaceae). Kew Bulletin. 64:197-233
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Desmet, P. and Opel, M.R. 2003. The re-discovery of the antler-leaved Crassula. Veld & Flora. 21
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