Petalidium luteo-album A.Meeuse

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Namibia

• Locality

  Grootberg Mountains, ca. 2 km W of pass on C40, boundary of Hoas Conservancy

• Elevation

  Alt. 1350 m. (4429 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.8487, 14.101

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02692083
Herbarium of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Plants of Namibia
Acanthaceae
Petalidium luteoalbum A. Meeuse
tic && -aib a
Grootberg Mountains, ca. 2 km W of pass on C40, boundary of
Hoas Conservancy, reddish-brown, rocky sandstone hillsides,
open Acacia scrub -19° 50'55.2"S, 14° 06'03.7"W. Alt.:
m-1350m/ft.
Woody shrub to 1 m, upper four corolla lips pale yellow to near
white, lower lip lemon yellow, nectar guides brownish-orange,
bracts light green with red venation, no odor detected, plants
almost entirely in bud at 08:30, ants observed at base of calyx
(Inside bracts^, dorsalmost calvx lobe ~2 mm lonser than others.
Erin Tripp 830	23 MAR 2010
w/ Kyle Dexter
___Entered into RSA Database (38802RSA)
02692083