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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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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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