Mollugo cerviana cerviana
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Leaves and root
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| Family: | Molluginaceae |
| Full name: | Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. ex DC. var. cerviana |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Fyn mollugo |
| English common name(s): | Thread-stem carpetweed |
| Synonym(s): | Pharnaceum cerviana L. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Small annual herb, often multi-stemmed from the base, up to c. 20 cm tall. Stems rigid, pale brownish, erect or ascending. Leaves in whorls of c. 6, up to c. 2 cm long, both basal and along the stems, sessile, linear, often blueish-green, hairless. Flowers axillary on pedicels 5-18 mm long, 3-5 mm in diameter, greenish-white. See var. spathulifolia for comparison. (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 |
