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Status: | Native |
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Much-branched, short-lived perennial herb, with prostrate, spreading or ascending, densely leafy, hairy branches. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 2-7 mm long, grey-green, appressed pubescent. Flowers clustered at the ends of branches. Calyx ovoid, 3-4 mm long, silky pubescent. Corolla c. 5 mm long, white, often tinged pinkish-purple; lobes oblong-ovate, hairy on the outside. Stamens and styles longer than corolla. Capsule ovoid, hairy at the apex. |
Type location: |
Crete, Greece |
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Derivation of specific name: | cretica: of Crete, where the type specimen was collected. |
Habitat: | In coastal saline soils. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread almost throughout the tropics and subtropics. |
FZ divisions: | N,GI |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 18 February 2023 |
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 47. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 21 - 22. (Includes a picture). |