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|accepted_name=Ceratotheca triloba
|accepted_authority=(Bernhardi) E. Meyer ex Hooker f.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Mag.
|place=114: plate 6974. 1888
|year=1888
}}
|common_names=Wild or white or South African foxglove
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sporledera triloba
|authority=Bernhardi
|publication_title=Linnaea
|publication_place=16: 42. 1842
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ceratotheca lamiifolia
|authority=(Engler) Engler
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sesamum lamiifolium
|authority=Engler
}}
|hierarchy=Pedaliaceae;Ceratotheca;Ceratotheca triloba
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pedaliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ceratotheca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ceratotheca triloba]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 362
|treatment_page=page 361
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>branched proximally, slightly 4-angled, 50–150 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–10(–15) cm, hairy; blade broadly ovate to cordate or triangular, 3–10(–20) × 3–10 cm, base rounded to cordate, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> secund. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–4 mm; bracteoles 0–2, linear. <b>Flowers</b> drooping; sepals often purple distally, 7–10 mm; corolla 25–40 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, strongly curved at base, mouth 15 mm diam. <b>Capsules</b> 20–30 × 4–5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 32 (Africa).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Nov.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;s South Africa (Natal).
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Ceratotheca triloba</i> resemble those of <i>Digitalis</i> with their tall, herbaceous habit, secund racemes curved toward the tip, and drooping, tubular flowers. Capsules of <i>C. triloba</i> are four-locular and have two subapical, hornlike appendages, basal leaves sometimes three-foliolate, and corolla lobes relatively large and rounded. Plants escaped from cultivation are known from Highlands and Lake counties.</p><!--
--><p>Another species, <i>Ceratotheca</i> sesamoides Endlicher, distinguished by smaller flowers, dense indument, and all leaves simple, is sometimes cultivated in the flora area.</p>
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name=Ceratotheca triloba
|author=
|authority=(Bernhardi) E. Meyer ex Hooker f.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ceratotheca lamiifolia;Sesamum lamiifolium
|basionyms=Sporledera triloba
|family=Pedaliaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Nov.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;s South Africa (Natal).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Mag.
|publication year=1888
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Ceratotheca
|species=Ceratotheca triloba
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