Oxygonum dregeanum[Agg]
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Val D'Or
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Main Harare-Mutare road near Rusape.
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| Common names: | Starstalk (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 50 cm, but normally smaller. Leaves slightly succulent, long and narrow, often with two distinct teeth-like lobes near the base. Flowers in terminal clusters, white tinged with pink, up to 1.5 cm. The small oval fruits are ribbed and without spines. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
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| Flowering time: | Aug - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa (different subtaxa). |
| FZ divisions: | N,SE |
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Flora of Caprivi: Oxygonum dregeanumFlora of Mozambique: Oxygonum dregeanum
Flora of Zambia: Oxygonum dregeanum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oxygonum dregeanum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxygonum dregeanum
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