Euploca baclei (DC.) Diane & Hilger

Boraginaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991

Morphology General Habit

Perennial herb, woody at the base, forming a rosette or mat with prostrate or suberect branched stems 7–40 cm. long, densely strigose with white adpressed hairs or sometimes glabrescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate, elliptic, oblong or oblanceolate, 0.4–1.7 cm. long, 1.5–6(–8) mm. wide, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire, strigose-pubescent with adpressed tubercle-based hairs each surrounded by a zone of cystoliths.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers solitary, supra-axillary at the ends of leafy branches; pedicels 0.2–0.3 mm. long, pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx funnel-shaped, divided to near the base; lobes lanceolate, subequal, 2.8–4.2 mm. long, 0.7–0.9 mm. wide, or unequal with 1 or sometimes 2 much larger 5–5.5 mm. long, 1.2–1.6 mm. wide, acute, sparsely strigose outside, ciliate at the base.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla yellow or white with a yellow throat, funnel-shaped or subrotate, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside; tube 3–5 mm. long; lobes broadly triangular, 1–1.5 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, rounded at the apex, sometimes alternating with minute teeth.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers

Anthers subsessile, coherent around the stigma.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary ovoid, 0.7–0.8 mm. diameter, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, surrounded by a cupuliform disc; style 0.2–0.4 mm. long; stigma conical with a plate-like stigmatic ring at base.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit ovoid, 3.6–5 mm. long, 2 mm. diameter, with a beak 0.5–3(–5) mm. long, sparsely pubescent with long hairs, dividing into 4 nutlets; pedicel accrescent to 2 mm.