Pentodon pentandrus
minor
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Ilha do Bazaruto, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Ilha do Bazaruto, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Ilha do Bazaruto, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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| Synonyms: |
Hedyotis pentamera Sond. Pentodon decumbens Hochst. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb with single, procumbent or suberect stems. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to elliptic. Flowers on long peduncles in axillary few-flowered inflorescences, white, pale blue or mauve with soft hairs on the throat and corolla. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pentandrus: with five stamens. |
| Habitat: | In association with grasses and sedges on riverbanks, margins of vleis and swamps, and along pools and dams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1050 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also in Seychelles |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 21 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 103. As Pentodon pentandrus 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 73. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 117 - 118. (Includes a picture). |
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