Hypertelis cerviana
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Maleme Dam camp
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Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. var. cerviana Mollugo tenuissima A. Peter Pharnaceum cerviana L. |
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Small annual herb, often multi-stemmed from the base, up to c. 20 cm tall. Stems rigid, pale brownish, erect or ascending. Leaves in whorls of c. 6, up to c. 2 cm long, both basal and along the stems, sessile, linear, often bluish-green, hairless. Flowers axillary on pedicels 5-18 mm long, 3-5 mm in diameter, greenish-white. See Hypertelis umbellata for comparison. |
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Europe |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Old World tropics and subtropics; introduced in America. |
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 542. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 408. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 360. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana (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 as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 164. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 195. as Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana |
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