Petalidium lucens Oberm.

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Plants of Namibia
ACANTHACEAE
Petalidium lucens Oberm.
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Tripp & Kyle Dexter #2065, with Hendrina Hasheela & Leevi Lanyeni
27-Aug-ll
Determination: E. Tripp & K. Dexter August 2011
-30 km W of Ariamsvlei on B3, 24.6 km W of D206 turnoff to Hamab, black bouldeiy
hills along roadside, shrub to 0.7 m (locally common), corollas purple, immature fruits
purple with orange nectar guides (sometimes both orange and white) in throat
28°05'15.9"S 19°30'47.1"E +/-20 m. WG^ 84. 690 m elevation.
Duplicates: RSA, K, CAS, US, NY, MO. 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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