Petalidium welwitschii S.Moore

Plants of Namibia
ACANTHACEAE
Petalidium welwitschii
Tripp & Kyle Dexter #1994, with Hendrina Hasheela & Leevi Lanyeni.
20-Aug-ll
Determination:
45.4 km NY of Oropembe, 4x4 track up west side of Hartmann Mtns, common plant in
shallow (dry) sandy stream bed; corollas dark pink, mature fruits brown
18°10'10.4"S 12°24'45.6"E +/-20 m. WG^ 84. 600 m elevation.
Duplicates: RSA, K, CAS, US, NY. Primary set of all collections deposited at WIND. Funded by US National
Science Foundation DEB-0919594 (to E. Tripp & L. McDade).
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