Boerhavia repens repens
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Habit
21 Dec 2008
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Leaves and stems
21 Dec 2008
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Leaves and stems
21 Dec 2008
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Habit
24 Mar 2008
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Flowers
24 Mar 2008
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Full name: | Boerhavia repens L. subsp. repens |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Creeping spiderling |
| Synonym(s): | Boerhavia diffusa L. var. minor (Delile) Cufod. Boerhavia repens L. var. glabra Choisy Boerhavia repens L. var. minor Delile Boerhavia repens L. var. mollis Batt. & Trab. Boerhavia vulvariifolia Poir. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Pink flowers Much-branched spreading prostrate annual herb, often mat-forming. Stems prostrate, puberulous or almost hairless. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, mostly less than 2.5 cm long, almost hairless, glandular. Inflorescences short, axillary and unbranched. Flowers usually in clusters of 2-6, white, pink or mauve. Stamens and style less than 1.2 mm long. Fruits 3-4 mm long, clavate to fusiform with a rounded apex, 5-ribbed, smooth, more or less hairless. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
