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Endostemon tereticaulis
Endostemon tereticaulis, commonly called the purpling keepsafe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the Arabian Peninsula.
Endostemon tereticaulis grows in dry, sandy or gravelly soils in grassy, open woodland at 30–1,300 m (98–4,265 ft) in altitude. Its geographic range extends from Senegal to Somalia, south to northern South Africa, and across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Endostemon tereticaulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
