Diclis petiolaris Benth.
  • Prodr. 10: 265 (1846) 


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Diclis petiolaris Benth. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000646101. Accessed on: 10 Dec 2023'

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Morphology

Capsule c. 2 mm. long, 2.5 mm. in diam., depressed globose, emarginate. Corolla white with purple markings at throat, 4.5–9(13) mm. long including spur; spur 1–2.5 mm. long, broad, subdeltoid; upper lip bilobed, lobes subdeltoid; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes broad, rounded. Calyx 1.2–2.5 mm. long, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm. wide, unequal, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, minutely glandular-stipitate. Pedicels (10–30)50–65 mm. long, capillary to filiform, glandular. Leaves petiolate; lamina (7)15–27 x (5)8–18 mm., circular, elliptic to obovate, apex rounded, cuneate at base, entire or more rarely obscurely dentate but not coarsely so, glandular above and beneath to varying degrees; petiole 9–17 mm. long, stipitate-glandular. Prostrate or decumbent, much branched herb; branches 4–25 cm. long, short stipitate-glandular to subglabrous.

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    Prostrate annual herb. Leaves opposite and alternate, wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at base, petioles long. Flowers axillary, white with yellow and purple spots in throat. Annual herb. Stems procumbent, 25-250 mm long, slender and wiry; glandular-pubescent with short stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves opposite and alternate; blade wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at base, margins entire or obscurely toothed; petioles up to 25 mm long. Flowers: axillary; spur broad; corolla white with yellow and purple spots in throat; Dec., Jan. Prostrate annual, 20-250 mm across, with short, stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves long-petiolate, elliptic or spathulate, wedge-shaped at base, entire or obscurely toothed. Flowers axillary, long-pedicellate, bilabiate, corolla tube with a broad spur, white with yellow and purple spots in throat.

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    Habitat

    Damp places and riversides. Kalahari Deciduous Acacia-wooded Grassland; Dry Grassland; Dwarf Karroid Shrubland. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds and vleis. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds, vleis.

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    Distribution

    Namibia to Botswana, Zambia and lower Gariep Valley to summer rainfall region of southern Africa.

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    e-Flora of South AfricaMorphology

    Prostrate annual herb. Leaves opposite and alternate, wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at base, petioles long. Flowers axillary, white with yellow and purple spots in throat. Annual herb. Stems procumbent, 25-250 mm long, slender and wiry; glandular-pubescent with short stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves opposite and alternate; blade wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at base, margins entire or obscurely toothed; petioles up to 25 mm long. Flowers: axillary; spur broad; corolla white with yellow and purple spots in throat; Dec., Jan. Prostrate annual, 20-250 mm across, with short, stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves long-petiolate, elliptic or spathulate, wedge-shaped at base, entire or obscurely toothed. Flowers axillary, long-pedicellate, bilabiate, corolla tube with a broad spur, white with yellow and purple spots in throat. Annual herb. Stems procumbent, 25-250 mm long, slender and wiry; glandular-pubescent with short stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves opposite and alternate; blade wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at base, margins entire or obscurely toothed; petioles up to 25 mm long. Flowers: axillary; spur broad; corolla white with yellow and purple spots in throat; Dec., Jan. Prostrate annual, 20-250 mm across, with short, stalked glands or subglabrous. Leaves long-petiolate, elliptic or spathulate, wedge-shaped at base, entire or obscurely toothed. Flowers axillary, long-pedicellate, bilabiate, corolla tube with a broad spur, white with yellow and purple spots in throat.

    Habitat

    Damp places and riversides. Kalahari Deciduous Acacia-wooded Grassland; Dry Grassland; Dwarf Karroid Shrubland. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds and vleis. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds, vleis. Kalahari Deciduous Acacia-wooded Grassland; Dry Grassland; Dwarf Karroid Shrubland. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds and vleis. In wet sandy clay, in sandy riverbeds, vleis.

    Distribution

    Namibia to Botswana, Zambia and lower Gariep Valley to summer rainfall region of southern Africa.

    Flora Zambesiaca - descriptionsMorphology

    Capsule c. 2 mm. long, 2.5 mm. in diam., depressed globose, emarginate. Corolla white with purple markings at throat, 4.5–9(13) mm. long including spur; spur 1–2.5 mm. long, broad, subdeltoid; upper lip bilobed, lobes subdeltoid; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes broad, rounded. Calyx 1.2–2.5 mm. long, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm. wide, unequal, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, minutely glandular-stipitate. Pedicels (10–30)50–65 mm. long, capillary to filiform, glandular. Leaves petiolate; lamina (7)15–27 x (5)8–18 mm., circular, elliptic to obovate, apex rounded, cuneate at base, entire or more rarely obscurely dentate but not coarsely so, glandular above and beneath to varying degrees; petiole 9–17 mm. long, stipitate-glandular. Prostrate or decumbent, much branched herb; branches 4–25 cm. long, short stipitate-glandular to subglabrous. Corolla white with purple markings at throat, 4.5–9(13) mm. long including spur; spur 1–2.5 mm. long, broad, subdeltoid; upper lip bilobed, lobes subdeltoid; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes broad, rounded. Calyx 1.2–2.5 mm. long, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm. wide, unequal, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, minutely glandular-stipitate. Pedicels (10–30)50–65 mm. long, capillary to filiform, glandular. Leaves petiolate; lamina (7)15–27 x (5)8–18 mm., circular, elliptic to obovate, apex rounded, cuneate at base, entire or more rarely obscurely dentate but not coarsely so, glandular above and beneath to varying degrees; petiole 9–17 mm. long, stipitate-glandular. Prostrate or decumbent, much branched herb; branches 4–25 cm. long, short stipitate-glandular to subglabrous.

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    e-Flora of South Africa
    e-Flora of South Africa. v1.21. 2018. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.21
    • A All Rights Reserved
    Flora Zambesiaca - descriptions
    Flora Zambesiaca
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    Scrophulariaceae
    https://powo.science.kew.org/
    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
    • C CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • D CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).