A well-branched, prostrate perennial herb, stems villous with spreading hairs, rooting. Leaves evenly distributed, ovate, up to 12 x 7 mm, abruptly contracted to the petiole-like base, lower surface thinly villous, upper glabrous or nearly so. Flowers mauve-blue, solitary, apparently axillary, pedicels 1-20 mm long, very variable even on a single plant. Ovary villous, hairs patent, style base broadened to form the top of the ovary, accrescent into the domed lid of the capsule. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1973. Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 303-387. [CC BY-SA]
Perennial herb, prostrate, 0.03-0.05 m high. Leaves ovate, abruptly contracted to a petiole-like base. Flowers mauve-blue, pedicellate, solitary, apparently axillary. Flowering time Jan., Feb. From: Cupido, CN. 2019. Campanulaceae s.l.: Craterocapsa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 729-729. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Insizwae is distinguished by having leaves evenly distributed along the branches, not tending to be rosetted at the branch tips and by its leaf-like calyx lobes. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1973. Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 303-387. [CC BY-SA]
Sprawl on bare, often stony, earth or in short, sparse grassland. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1973. Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 303-387. [CC BY-SA]
Stony grassland. Sub-Escarpment Grassland. From: Cupido, CN. 2019. Campanulaceae s.l.: Craterocapsa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 729-729. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Is known from only four collections: from Mt. Insizwa, south of Kokstad, and nearby Ngeli Mt. on the Cape-Natal border, Ixopo in southern Natal. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1973. Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 303-387. [CC BY-SA]
January to February
1250 to 1830 m
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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: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 323 (1973)
Roella insizwae Zahlbr.
Published in: Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 18: 401 (1903)
Wahlenbergia ovalis Brehmer
Published in: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53(1-2): 130 (1915)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asterales
FAMILY Campanulaceae
SUBFAMILY Campanuloideae
TRIBE Campanuloideae
GENUS Craterocapsa
SPECIES insizwae
10 results for Craterocapsa insizwae (Zahlbr.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Barcode: PRE0201797-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 7545 | 1973-11-30
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ALFRED DIST.; ZUURBERG
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Barcode: NH0074941-0 Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 953 | 1982-10-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hela Hela Mountains Game Valley Estates. Upper grassland in Highover region of farm
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Barcode: NH0143614-0 Collector(s) & number: Uys, E, 12 | 2009-3-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Alfred District; Weza State Forest; Ngeli Forest Reserve; Zuurberg.
General notes: Only three clumps found.
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Barcode: NBG1479782-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 5467 | 1974-3-3
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Region. Alfred District. Zuurberg, Weza. 5 - 5500' altitude.
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Barcode: NH0143627-0 Collector(s) & number: Uys, E, 11 | 2009-3-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Alfred District, Weza State Forest, Ngeli Forest Reserve, Zuurberg.
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Barcode: PRE0201796-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 5467 | 1974-3-3
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ALFRED DIST.; WEZA; ZUURBERG
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Barcode: NBG0103484-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 7227 | 1973-11-14
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Kokstad. Alfred district. Main Cape road near Weza turnoff.
General notes: Bare ground among grasses. Prostrate. Pale mauve flowers.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0862133-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 11720 | 2013-12-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umzimkulu District; 20 km ENE of Kokstad. Farm: Langgewacht 140.
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Barcode: NH0138064-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 11720 | 2013-12-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umzimkulu District; 20 km ENE of Kokstad. Farm: Langgewacht 140.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0112190-0 Collector(s) & number: Abbott, ATD, s.n. | 1991-1-13
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ngele Mountain. Above Rinkhals Bank
General notes: Grassland. Loam, dolerite. South eastern aspect, moderate slope. Prostrate, growing in grassland. Flowers pale blue.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Campanulaceae s.l.: Craterocapsa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Cupido, CNIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)729-729
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1973
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OMNotes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 32(3)303-387
No results found for Craterocapsa insizwae (Zahlbr.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
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