Glinus lotoides
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Along road no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no11, Gorongosa National Park.
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Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
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Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Glinus lotoides L. var. virens Fenzl Mollugo glinus A. Rich. var. virens (Fenzl) Oliv. Mollugo hirta Thunb. var. virens sensu Hiern |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
More or less prostrate annual or perennial herb with spreading rosette-forming stems. Leaves opposite, alternate or appearing whorled, elliptic, obovate or spathulate, up to 37 mm long, almost hairless or, if stellate hairy never very densely so and the plant generally looking green. Flowers in clusters at the nodes, greenish-white, sometimes tinged pink, stamens numerous. Fruit a capsule c. 6 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Sicily |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In various types of woodland, scrub, riverine fringes, grassland and along roadsides, often in sandy soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1400 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in the Old World tropics and subtropics |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 9 February 2020 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 538. as Glinus lotoides var. virens 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. as Glinus lotoides var. virens Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 164. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 79. as Glinus lotoides var. virens Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 87. as Glinus lotoides var. virens |
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