Samolus valerandi L.
var. valerandi
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Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisekera Springs, Chiredzi.
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Brookweed (English)
Water Cabbage (English)
Water Rose (English)
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect annual herb, up to 50 cm tall. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, fleshy, spathulate, up to 10 cm long; leaves along the stem much smaller and decreasing in size, becoming bract-like. Flowers in many-flowered racemes. Corolla c. 2 mm long, white with broadly spathulate lobes. Capsule globose, c. 3 mm long, dehiscent; valves strongly reflexed after opening. |
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Habitat:
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On stream banks and in swamps, growing at water level. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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A near cosmopolitan species. |
Botswana distribution:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 6 March 2015 |
Literature:
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Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Primulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 196 - 197. (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 69.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 94.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Samolus valerandi var. valerandi. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143600, retrieved 20 March 2023
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