Description
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Much-branched, heath-like,
perennial herbs, shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves usually small,
narrow, usually alternate, rarely opposite, often fasciculate. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate in terminal, spherical or
elongate, spikes or racemes, solitary or aggregated into panicles or corymbs. Bracts present. Calyx (2-)3-5-lobed. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted in or at base
of throat. Ovary 2-locular; style thickened or 2-3-dentate at apex. Capsule ovoid, spherical or cylindric.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Selago Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1284
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Selago: Brief Summary
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Selago is a genus of plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, closely related to Scrophularia and Verbascum. It contains around 190 species, mostly in southern Africa; two are listed on the IUCN Red List:
Selago lepida Hilliard
Selago nachtigalii Rolfe
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