Colpias mollis E.Mey. ex Benth.

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Colpias mollis E.Mey. ex Benth.

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Common names: klipblom (Afr.)

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It is a low, much-branched shrublet, up to 200 mm high, with brittle branches. The leaves and branches are covered with soft hairs and during spring the small plants produce showy clusters of white or yellow flowers with a sweet or clove-like scent.

The leaves are alternate, hairy, egg-shaped or triangular, with toothed or incised margins. The perianth is divided into a five-partite calyx covered with soft hairs and a tubular corolla, hairless and somewhat curved at the base with two short pouches, lined with oil-secreting trichomes.

The capsules are hairless, dehiscent along the partition and contain many oblong, black seeds covered with small grains and wrinkles.

Colpias is confined to crevices in granite boulders throughout Namaqualand. These plants are not restricted to a certain aspect or slope type, but literature suggests that plants generally occupy east- or south-facing rock faces. Plants have to withstand not only a shortage of water and nutrients, but also wide temperature fluctuations without the shading benefits provided by neighbouring plants.

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