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Dolomite Slippermint

Equilabium dolomiticum

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Zimbabwe to Limpopo
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Equilabium dolomiticum, commonly called the dolomite slippermint, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to South Africa's Limpopo province and is listed as Critically Rare (Least Concern) in the Red List of South African Plants.

Where it grows

Equilabium dolomiticum grows on dolomite, in humus-filled rock crevices in dry bushveld. It is known only from a difficult to access site in the vicinity of the Penge mine in Limpopo, South Africa.

Other Equilabium plants

Citronella Slippermint · Dutch Pipe Slippermint · Slippermints

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Equilabium dolomiticum 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.

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