Pollichia campestris
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| Family: | Illecebraceae |
| Full name: | Pollichia campestris Aiton |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Aarbossie, Teesuiker, Teesuikerkaroo, Teesuikerbossie, Kafferdruiwe, Suikerbossie, Suikerteebos, Suikerteebossie |
| English common name(s): | Waxberry, Wax berry, Wax berry plant, Barley sugar bush |
| Synonym(s): | Bergia abyssinica A.Rich. Uncertain synonymy. fide Fl. Trop. Africa |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Small, much-branched, sprawling shrublet. Stipules 2-4 mm, white. Leaves 0.5-3.2 x 0.5-0.9 cm, linear-oblanceolate, glaucous; apex apiculate. Inflorescences with several-many flowers; bracts similar to stipules. Sepals 0.5 mm, thick. Petals c. 0.12 mm, white. Capsule c. 0.7 mm, ellipsoid, with a curved embryo, surrounded by the fleshy bracts which may be white or orange. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
