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Mollugo nudicaulis
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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Mubvee (Hippo) Lodge, Mana Pools
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa
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| Synonyms: |
Mollugo bellidifolia (Poir.) Ser. Pharnaceum bellidifolium Poir. Pharnaceum spathulatum Sw. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, up to c. 30 cm tall. Leaves numerous, in a basal rosette, oblanceolate to obovate, somewhat fleshy. Flowers 3-4 mm in diameter, terminal on leafless, forked branches, greenish-white. |
| Type location: |
Mauritius |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nudicaulis: with a naked or leafless stem. |
| Habitat: | A weed in deciduous woodland, dry river beds, cultivated areas and road sides. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1350 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 543 - 544. (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 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mollugo nudicaulis
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