Freylinia tropica

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Freylinia tropica

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Freylinia
Species: F. tropica
Binomial name
Freylinia tropica
S.Moore

Freylinia tropica is a Southern African shrub with lax, spreading branches and found in the Northern Province of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Named after the botanist, Pietro Lorenzo, the last Count of Freylino, owner of a famous garden at Buttigliera d'Asti near Marengo in Italy in the early 19th century.

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