Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in spikes or heads. Modified sterile flowers 0; all flowers fertile. Perianth segments 5, equal or ± so. Stamens 5, the filaments fused for at least half their length. Ovary with numerous ovules; stigmas 2-3. Capsule circumscissile. Seeds black, flattened, shiny. Worldwide: 14 species in tropical and South Africa Botswana: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| fleckii (Schinz) Baker & C.B. Clarke | N,SW,SE | |
| linearis Schinz | N,SW,SE | |
| odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke var. aurantiaca (Suess.) Towns. | ||
| odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke var. albi-rosea Suess. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| scabra Schinz | N | |
| schaeferi (Schinz) Schinz & Dinter |