Description : A densely hairy, fleshy herb with perennial creeping branched woody stems and erect loose inflorescences of medium-sized rich purple flowers; on flat rocks. Diploid.
Distribution
Iv. C.: Cavally (Apr.) Fleury in Hb. Chev. 21324! Ghana: Kwahu-Tafo (Apr.) Morton A689! A1693! Irvine 1720! Kumasi (Dec.) Morton GC 9688! Trumeso, Chira to Wenchi (Dec.) Adams GC 5110! S. Nig.: Carter Peak, Idanre Hills (Oct.) Keay FHI 22585! Ado Rock (Oct.-Nov.) Hambler 510! Keay FHI 37181!
Notes: Plants intermediate with the type subspecies occasionally occur in rocky places-e.g. Morton A3526, from Togo Plateau, Ghana, and Keay FHI 22561, from rock-outcrop near Ondo, S. Nigeria.
[J.K. Morton
in Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2:
272. 1962]