Limeum viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl
subsp. viscosum
var. krausii Friedr.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Limeum natalense Schellenb.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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This variety differs from var. viscosum and var. dubium by the narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate leaves, usually 3-7.5 times as long as wide, and the pedicels up to 6 mm long. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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viscosum: viscid, sticky |
Habitat:
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It is mostly found in open areas in mopane woodland and along roadsides, often in moist places and sandy soils. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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(this variety) Botswana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Botswana distribution:
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N,SW,SE |
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 530 - 531.
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 406. (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 15. under Aizoaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Limeum viscosum subsp. viscosum var. krausii. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122830, retrieved 5 October 2024
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