Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.

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Along road to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.

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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

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Near Mubvee (Hippo) Lodge, Mana Pools

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By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

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Sandbank by stream at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park

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At the foot of Livingstone Statue, Victoria Falls

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Sandy banks of Urema River, Gorongosa National Park

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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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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.
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:	50 - 1350 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Pantropical
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Sunday 4 May 2008
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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