Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Erect or decumbent, small perennial shrublet, up to 35 cm tall. Stems hairless or shortly hairy, 4-angled or narrowly 4-winged towards the top. Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong to lanceolate, up to 25 mm long, blue-green, single-veined from the cordate base; apex more or less blunt. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters, 6-merous. Calyx 4-6 mm long, cup-shaped; appendages very short or absent. Petals 4-6 mm long, white rose, salmon, orange or red. Stamens 12. Style greatly exceeding the stamens.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Nesaea rigidula (Sond.) Koehne Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141710
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Botswana Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Nesaea rigidula (Sond.) Koehne Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141710
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
