Stachys afra E.Mey.ex Benth.

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Stachys afra E.Mey.ex Benth.

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Morphological description

Erect soft freely branched shrub, 1-3 m tall; stems slender, more or less stellate-tomentulose, occasionally glabrescent with age. Leaves petiolate; blade thin-textured, lanceolate, 30-90 x 10-30 mm, upper surface thinly hispidulous, lower surface paler and stellate-tomentose, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse, margin minutely serrulate except in the lower part; petiole 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence terminating the branchlets, of several spaced verticils, denser towards the apex; verticils 4-10-flowered, cymes occasionally pedunculate; bracts similar to the leaves, becoming gradually smaller upwards. Calyx stellate-tomentulose, 4-5 mm long. Corolla white, cream or greenish yellow; tube 5-6 mm long, slightly curved; upper lip 2.5-3 mm long; lower lip 5 mm long. From: Codd, LEW. 1985. Lamiaceae: 13. Stachys. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa 28(4): 51-78. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209555#page/9/mode/1up] [CC BY] As: Stachys caffra E.Mey. ex Benth.

Soft, perennial shrub, 1-3 m high; erect, freely branched; stems slender, ± stellate-tomentulose, glabrescent with age. Leaves petiolate, thin-textured, lanceolate, 30-90 x 10-30 mm, base cuneate to obtuse, apex acute to acuminate, margins minutely serrulate except in lower part; upper surface thinly hispidulous, lower surface paler and stellate-tomentose. Inflorescence terminal on branchlets, of several spaced verticils, denser towards apex; verticillasters 4-10-flowered; cymes occasionally pedunculate. Flowers white, cream-coloured or greenish yellow. Corolla: tube 5-6 mm long, slightly curved. Flowering time Dec.-May. From: Bredenkamp, CL; Ngoepe, N. 2019. Lamiaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1125-1164. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Stachys caffra E.Mey. ex Benth.

Habitat

A soft understorey shrub of forest margins and shady stream banks. The midlands and foothills. From: Codd, LEW. 1985. Lamiaceae: 13. Stachys. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa 28(4): 51-78. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209555#page/9/mode/1up] [CC BY] As: Stachys caffra E.Mey. ex Benth.

Understorey shrub of forest margins and shady streambanks, semi-coastal areas, alt. 1300-2000 m; Sub-Escarpment Grassland, Sub-Escarpment Savanna, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Drakensberg Grassland, Indigenous Forests. From: Bredenkamp, CL; Ngoepe, N. 2019. Lamiaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1125-1164. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Stachys caffra E.Mey. ex Benth.

Distribution

In the northern, eastern and central Transvaal, extending to semi-coastal areas of the Transkei and Eastern Cape Province, as far south as the Peddie district, Drakensberg in Natal. From: Codd, LEW. 1985. Lamiaceae: 13. Stachys. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa 28(4): 51-78. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209555#page/9/mode/1up] [CC BY] As: Stachys caffra E.Mey. ex Benth.

Occurrence records map

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Residence status

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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