Annual herb, stem c. 40-270 mm tall, 1-1.5 mm diam. at base, simple or branching above, erect, leafy, glandular-hairy, hairs patent, up to 0.25-1 mm long. Leaves opposite, occasionally alternate immediately below the inflorescences, blade 4-16 x 2.5-13 mm, ovate-elliptic, base tapering to a flat petiolar part 1-11 mm long, roughly 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the blade, upper margins finely to coarsely serrate with 3-6 pairs of teeth, thinly glandular-hairy especially on lower surface and margins, hairs up to 0.5-1.25 mm long. Flowers up to c. 15 in very lax racemes terminating each branchlet. Bracts at base of raceme c. 2.5-12 x 0.5-4.5 mm, smaller upwards, more or less leaf-like (with 1 or 2 teeth) to spathulate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate and then entire, adnate to pedicel and extreme base of calyx, glandular-hairy, hairs up to 0.6 mm long. Pedicels up to 1 mm long. Calyx bilabiate, tube 0.6-1.1 mm long, anticous lobes 1.6-2.5 x 0.7-0.8 mm, anticous lip split 1-2.25 mm, posticous lobes narrower, whole calyx glandular-hairy, hairs up to c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla tube c. 2.6-3.5 x 0.6-0.8 mm, broadening a little in the throat, limb c. 2-3.5 mm across lateral lobes, posticous lobes 0.5-1.25 x 0.5-0.75 mm, anticous lobe 0.75-1.5 x 0.5-0.9 mm, all lobes oblong-elliptic, white or mauve with an orange patch at base of posticous lip and there either glabrous or thinly bearded, hairs extending down back of tube. Stamens 4, anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long, all exserted. Stigma exserted. Capsules 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm Seeds c. 0.3-0.6 x 0.3-0.5 mm. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Melanospermum swazicum is allied to M. rupestre from which it differs in its annual habit, the stem branching only above the base (not perennial, the stems diffuse and richly branched from the base), in its more floriferous racemes with less leaflike bracts, and in floral details, the calyx being more deeply divided, the corolla tube shorter, the limb often smaller, and the posticous lip sometimes bearded. The hairs on stems, bracts and calyx are also shorter than in M. rupestre. The two species are allopatric, M. rupestre occurring further west in the Steenkampsbergen and along the Witwatersrand. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
It grows in moist shaded peaty soil in the shelter of granite rocks. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Melanospermum swazicum has been recorded principally from several sites on the hills around Mbabane. From: Hilliard, OM. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
January to February
1050 to 1375 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
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Lamiales
FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
TRIBE Limoselleae
GENUS Melanospermum
SPECIES swazicum
11 results for Melanospermum swazicum Hilliard
Barcode: NBG0047286-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 25620 | 1956-2-20
Eswatini, Mbabane Dist. Ukutula. Altitude.: c 4000 ft.
General notes: Foetid. Flowers white..
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Barcode: PRE0551439-0 Collector(s) & number: Germishuizen, G, 7237 | 1994-1-28
Eswatini, Hhohho District: Malandzela area. On Maphalaleni Road. 10 km from Nyokana turnoff.
General notes: Grassland with bush patches. Boulders. Turf soil. Steep slope. Biotic effect: well grazed. Small, slender, erect, annual herb. Flowers small, tubular, yellow.
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Barcode: PRE0701355-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 29961 | 1960-3-14
Eswatini, MBABANE DIST.; MILLER'S FALLS
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Barcode: PRE0701356-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 26769 | 1957-3-15
Eswatini, MBABANE; HILL NE OF MBABANE
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Barcode: PRE0701358-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 31602 | 1963-4-25
Eswatini, MBABANE DIST.; MUKUSINI HILLS; SHELTER OF ROCKS
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Barcode: PRE0746933-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 8439 | 1975-12-7
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, NGOTSHE DIST; NGOME; NEAR SAWMILL IN DAMP SOIL NEAR ROCK SHEETS ON W-FACING SLOPE
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Barcode: PRE0701354-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 25620 | 1956-2-20
Eswatini, MBABANE DIST.; UKUTULA; MOIST ROCKS
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Barcode: PRE0495055-0 Collector(s) & number: Kemp, ES, 675 | 1977-2-12
Eswatini, HHOHHO DIST.; MBABANE; MTS. NE. OF MBABANE
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Barcode: PRE0701357-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 31900 | 1964-1-22
Eswatini, MBABANE DIST.; SIPOKOSINI; TUNNELS ROAD
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Barcode: PRE0139479-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 9519 | 1956-3-6
Eswatini, MBABANE; 2 MI. N. OF MBABANE
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Barcode: PRE0748786-0 Collector(s) & number: Braun, KP, 675 | 1989-3-4
Eswatini, MALOLOTJA NAT. RES.; CAMPSITE AREA; ROCKS BELOW SITE NEAR STREAM ALONG HUMUS-FILLED CRACKS BETWEEN ROCKS
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This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1994
No results found for Melanospermum swazicum Hilliard
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REPORT
Hankey, A. and Turner, S.. Field observations and surveys: Results from Red Data plant project.(Surveys of Krugersdorp populations were completed by staff of Witwatersrand Botanical Gardens). Gauteng Nature Conservation
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hankey, A.J., Buys, M.H. and Lebatha, P.D. 2008. Hyacinthaceae: Drimiopsis linioseta, a new species from the Sekhukhuneland centre of endemism, South Africa. Bothalia. 38:72-74
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hankey, A.J. and Edwards, T.J. 2008. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards (Hyacinthaceae) a new species from the high altitude grasslands of Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Botany. 74:214-217
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hansen, H. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbera (Compositae, Mutisieae) sections Gerbera, Parva, Piloselloides (in Africa ), and Lasiopus. Opera Botanica. 78:5-36
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Hansen, H. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the genus Perdicium (Compositae-Mutisieae). Nordic Journal of Botany. 5:543-546
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hansen, O.J. 1975. The East African species of Sophubia (Scrophulariaceae). Kew Bulletin. 30:543-558
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