Monsonia luederitziana
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Habit
20 Dec 2008
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Leaves
20 Dec 2008
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Underside of leaf
20 Dec 2008
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Flower (white)
20 Dec 2008
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Flower
20 Dec 2008
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Flower (pinkish)
12 Apr 2009
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Full name: | Monsonia luederitziana Focke & Schinz |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Monsonia namaensis Dinter |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | A very distinctive, aromatic, prostrate, annual herb. Stems radiating outwards from a central base. Leaves are simple and cordate, with palmate veination prominent on upper and lower surfaces of the leaf. The inflorescence is an umbel of white flowers on long peciicels. Flowers have five bilobed petals. A distinctive characteristic of the geranium family is the fruit; the carpels form a long 'beak' which dehisces spontaneously when ripe, breaking up into portions called rnericarps. These consist of a long feathery appendage which spirals at the end attached to the seed, an aid to wind dispersal. (from Namibrand 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 |
