Spermacoce filifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) J.-P. Lebrun & Stork

Spermacoce filifolia

Image details:

Species id: 156750
Image id:1
Image number:31037
Photographer: P English

Record details:

Record id:97159
Date: 3 Mar 2008
Recorder(s):P English
Collector(s):
Determiner(s):MA Hyde
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:
Habitat: In damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodland
Location: in damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodland, Midlands
Location code(s):
Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zimbabwe
Quarter Degree Square: 1830C3 (QDS approximate)
FZ divisions: C
Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Small 4 petal flowers protruding from an oval reddish "cushion" that surrounds the main stem at leaf axils. Petals white with mauve tips. Thin linear leaves widely spaced along stem, in pairs. Pressed specimen is almost 60cm tall.
Latitude, Longitude:
Location accuracy code: 2

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-26

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2026). Flora of Zambia: Species information: individual images: Spermacoce filifolia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=156750&image_id=1, retrieved 2 October 2026

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