- Genus:
- Crepidorhopalon Eb.Fisch.
Crepidorhopalon debilis (Skan) Eb.Fisch.

[FWTA]
Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A slender herb, 1-6 in. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers purplish with yellow on the lower lip
- Ecology
- In damp places.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Sudan, Bongo, Gir, Schweinfurth 2516 (K!, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, prostrate to suberect to 5(–8) cm tall, much branched.
- Morphology Branches
- Branches up to 9 cm long, weak, quadrangular, glabrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, very thin, unequal, lanceolate to linear lanceolate, (1.5–)3–8(–11) mm long, 0.5–3(–5.5) mm wide, slightly narrowed at base, apex obtuse or acute, margins entire or denticulate, glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary in axils of smaller leaf of upper pairs; pedicels 0.5–1 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2.5–5 mm long, glabrous, or sparsely glandular-pubescent especially when young, somewhat prominently 5-ribbed; lobes subulate, 1–2.5 mm long, minutely ciliate, unequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla yellow or white, tinged with purple, 3–4 mm long; upper lip emarginate; lower lip with purple lines, deeply 3-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, fertile; anterior filaments geniculate about or below midway, thickened but not clavate at base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule oblong, 2–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm broad, slightly to somewhat shorter than calyx, obtuse.
- Ecology
- Damp places in sandy soil, scrubland and marshy areas surrounding rocky outcrops; 450–1400 m
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution
- Range: West Africa, Sudan Flora districts: U1 U4 T7 T8
Native to:
Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Crepidorhopalon debilis (Skan) Eb.Fisch. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Young, R.G.N. [3091], South Africa | Lindernia minima | K000379621 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
May 1, 1998 | Schweinfurth, G. [2516], Sudan | Lindernia debilis | K000405750 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Rogers, F.A. [10886], Congo, DRC | Lindernia debilis | K000379665 | Yes |
First published in Feddes Repert. 106: 8 (1995)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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