Derivation of specific name
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abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wahlenbergia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Thulin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157540
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual or perennial herb, up to 90 cm, growing from a taproot. Stems 1 to several. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to lanceolate. Inflorescence mostly lax. Corolla blue, yellowish or rarely reddish, split almost to the base into linear lobes, slightly hairy inside near the base, glabrous outside.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wahlenbergia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Thulin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157540
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wahlenbergia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Thulin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157540
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From South Africa north to Ethiopia and Somalia. Also in Madagascar
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wahlenbergia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Thulin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
