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Orobanchaceae

Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze

Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Alectra

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Alectra sessiliflora (Alectra sessiliflora)
FlowerPhoto: Sean Privett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)
Afrikaans
Verfblommetjie

Synonyms

  • Alectra aberdarica Chiov.
  • Alectra arabica Deflers
  • Alectra asperrima Benth.
  • Alectra barbata (Hiern) Melch.
  • Alectra communis Hemsl.
  • Alectra congolensis Troupin
  • Alectra cordata Benth.
  • Alectra hundtii Melch.
  • Alectra ibityensis Eb.Fisch.
  • Alectra ledermannii Engl.
  • Alectra melampyroides Benth.
  • Alectra moeroensis Engl.
  • Alectra rupestris Bonati
  • Alectra schliebenii Melch.
  • Alectra senegalensis Benth.
  • Alectra senegalensis var. minima A.Chev.
  • Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens Bonati ex Melch.
  • Alectra senegalensis var. pallescens Bonati
  • Alectra sessiliflora f. barbata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Alectra sessiliflora var. monticola (Engl.) Melch.
  • Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper
  • Alectra sessiliflora var. sessiliflora
  • Alectra thomsonii Hook.f.
  • Alectra trinervis Hemsl.
  • Bartsia scabra (Thunb.) Spreng.
  • Gerardia sessiliflora Vahl
  • Glossostylis cordata (Benth.) Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Hymenospermum dentatum Benth.
  • Melasma asperrimum (Benth.) Engl.
  • Melasma barbatum Hiern
  • Melasma commune (Hemsl.) Eyles
  • Melasma cordatum (Benth.) Engl.
  • Melasma dentatum (Benth.) K.Schum.
  • Melasma indicum var. monticola Engl.
  • Melasma indicum var. monticolum Engl.
  • Melasma sessiliflorum (Vahl) Hiern
  • Melasma thomsonii (Hook.f.) Wettst.
  • Nigrina melampyrodes Kuntze
  • Nigrina sessiflora Kuntze
  • Nigrina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze

and 2 more.

Flowers

In flower
February to May (from 104 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.