Derivation of specific name
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crinita: with tufts of hairs;
parviflora: small-flowered (compared to the West African subsp. crinita)
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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). Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G. Taylor
subsp. parviflora (K. Schum. & K. Krause) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155630
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrub up to 3 m. Leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, hairless except for some hairs on the midrib and small domatia below. Flowers sweetly scented; terminal, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, white with a yellow fringe of hairs in the throat; corolla tube long and narrow. Fruit ellipsoid, with a crown of persistent, leaf-like calyx lobes, orange when ripe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G. Taylor
subsp. parviflora (K. Schum. & K. Krause) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155630
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Occasional
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G. Taylor
subsp. parviflora (K. Schum. & K. Krause) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155630
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G. Taylor
subsp. parviflora (K. Schum. & K. Krause) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155630
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
