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    Zaluzianskya affinis long flower tubes

    Zaluzianskya affinis long flower tubes
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    The not quite straight corolla tubes of Zaluzianskya affinis that emerge from among the leaves in picture are long and cylindrical. These tubes may be from 10 mm to 25 mm long, the corolla diameter 8 mm to 10 mm.

    Narrow, greenish sepal lobes can be discerned upon the dull creamy and hairy tube surfaces.

    The stalkless flowers grow in a short spike, but the flowers are presented facing up to the sun, next to each other and close together.  

    The lanceolate leaves have entire margins. The blades are sparsely hairy and short-haired, as are the branches, calyces and corolla outer surfaces. The leaves are up to 35 mm long (Grenier, 2019; Manning, 2009; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; iNaturalist).

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