266-299 - SABONET

SELAGINACEAE
Erect perennial herb to 450 mm tall, stems several, from a woody base,
angled, many-ribbed; leaves few, narrowly linear, undivided, more or less
appressed to the stem; flowers pink, pale mauve or lilac, flowering stalk 6–
13 mm long, calyx verrucose to hispid, lobes woolly on margins only; mostly
in burnt or moist grassland, river-banks, swamps or marshes; 600–2,280 m.
From South Africa northwards throughout most of tropical Africa.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 144 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, 6 miles S.W. of Rest House, 2,150 m, 1958,
Robson & Angus 362 (K); Domwe Viewpoint, 2000, Salubeni & Mwanyambo
6796 (MAL); Juniper Forest area, 2,250 m, 1967, Richards 22657 (K).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, without locality, 2,100 m, 1955, Lees 103 (K).
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze
Sparsely branched herb 150–200 mm tall, branching from above the middle,
densely glandular-sticky; leaves ascending, 8–16 mm long,