Aptosimum lineare
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Full name: | Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl. |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Veldviooltjie, Martha se viooltjie |
| English common name(s): | Linear-leaved aptosimum, Carpet flower, Veld violet |
| Synonym(s): | Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl. var. lineare =Aptosimum nelsii F. E. Weber (1903) =Aptosimum lineare var. randii (S. Moore) F. E. Weber =Aptosimum randii S. Moore (1899) =Aptosimum lineare var. acaule F. E. Weber =Aptosimum lineare var. ciliatum Schinz ex F. Weber =Aptosimum lineare var. angolense F. E. Weber |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Low growing perennial herb or subshrub, often forming compact, prostrate cushions, sometimes erect and tufted. Leaves linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate with glandular hairs, particularly on the upper surface. Flowers deep blue to violet, darker near the centre. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 04 Jul 2012 |
| Camera make: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/160 s |
| ISO speed: | 80 |
| Content last updated: | 01 Jun 2020 |
