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| Common names: | Starstalk (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 50 cm, but normally smaller. Leaves slightly succulent, long and narrow, often with two distinct teeth-like lobes near the base. Flowers in terminal clusters, white tinged with pink, up to 1.5 cm. The small oval fruits are ribbed and without spines. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | Three subspecies occur in Mozambique. This species is an aggregate species covering all the taxa which occur in the Flora Zambesiaca area. |
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| Flowering time: | Aug - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa (different subtaxa). |
| FZ divisions: | MS,GI |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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