Oldenlandia herbacea [Agg]
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Cleveland Dam
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Cleveland Dam
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Hedyotis herbacea L. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or perennial herb with much-branched wiry stems, often intertwined. Leaves small, linear lanceolate. Flowers solitary or in pairs on longish stalks, axillary at the nodes, up to 5 mm in diameter, white or pale mauve. |
| Type location: |
Sri Lanka |
| Notes: | Only var. herbacea is known to occur in Botswana. |
| Derivation of specific name: | herbacea: herb-like or herbaceous; not woody |
| Habitat: | In a wide variety of habitats, from dry woodland to damp grassland and seepage zones and roadsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa and Asia, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands. |
| FZ divisions: | N,SE |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 245. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 73. as var. goetzei and var. herbacea Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 223. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 134 - 136. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 58. (Includes a picture). |
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