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Heliotropium strigosum
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Rimiti West, by Mutare to Birchenough rd
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Rimiti West, by Mutare to Birchenough rd
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Rimiti West, by rd from Mutare to Birchenough Bridge
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Mana Pools, in a side road off main road to camp
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Mana Pools, in a side road off main road to camp
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| Synonyms: |
Heliotropium constrictum Kaplan Heliotropium longifolium Klotzsch Heliotropium pygmaeum Klotzsch |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual or sometimes perennial herb, 15-35 cm high. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, with appressed stiff hairs on both surfaces; margin entire, often rolled under. Flowers in multiple elongating inflorescences, white, usually yellow-orange inside the corolla tube; corolla lobes broadly triangular to slightly rounded. Fruits almost round, up to 1.5 × 2.2 mm, densely covered in whitish appressed hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | strigosum: strigose or with stiff appressed hairs, referring to the leaf surface. |
| Habitat: | In often denuded sandy soils in open woodland, grassland and along road sides. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout Tropical Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Tropical Asia and Australia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | AP |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 14 May 2008 |
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Other sources of information about Heliotropium strigosum:
African Plant Database: Heliotropium strigosumBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Heliotropium strigosum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Heliotropium strigosum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Heliotropium strigosum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Heliotropium strigosum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heliotropium strigosum
JSTOR Plant Science: Heliotropium strigosum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Heliotropium strigosum
Tropicos: Heliotropium strigosum
West African Plants database: Heliotropium strigosum
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