| TEXT: Glumicalyx nutans (Scrophulariaceae) Glumicalyx
consists of six species found in the Drakensberg and mountains of Lesotho,
southern Africa. They are perennial shrublets or herbs with tubular flowers
held usually in nodding heads. The flower colour ranges from light cream
to orange and red, with the petals being darker-coloured than the tube.
A summary of the genus extracted from Hilliard & Burtt : The Botany
of the southern Drakensberg, is as follows: Glumicalyx flanaganii (Hiern)
Hilliard & Burtt -- Boulder beds, damp roack falls, rocky stream gullies,
1900--3200m. G. goseloides (Diels) Hilliard & Burtt -- Boulder beds,
damp rocky grass slopes or rubble slopes, 1800 -- 2800m G. lesuticus Hilliard
& Burtt -- Gravel patches, around rock sheets and on thinly grassed
slopes, summit plateaus only, 2700 -- 3200m. G. montanus Hiern -- Gravel
patches, crevices of rock sheets and other stony rocky places, 2350 --
3200m. G. nutans (Rolfe) Hilliard & Burtt -- Rocky grass slopes, bare
gritty places, around rock sheets, 1980 -- 3350. Submitted by: Dave McDonald |
