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Euphorbia oatesii
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Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: road to Vistana farm (turn right (north) about 2 kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, keep going about 1-2 kms stop just before a gate, walk right through trees to a grassy area
Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: road to Vistana farm (turn right (north) about 2 kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, keep going about 1-2 kms stop just before a gate, walk right through trees to a grassy area
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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial herb growing from a tuberous rootstock with several underground stems up to 1.5 cm thick. Branches erect, up to 20 cm tall, or decumbent, becoming woody in areas not affected by fire, shortly crisped hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 70 × 9 mm but usually smaller; margin and veins usually pubescent below. Flowers unisexual, in solitary, terminal cyathia with 5(6) pink, 2-lipped glands. Fruit a subsessile, shallowly 3-lobed capsule, c. 5 × 7 mm, densely pubescent. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in sandy soils in grassland and open Brachystegia woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 870 - 1370 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 28 November 2009 |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 62. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plant Database: Euphorbia oatesiiBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Euphorbia oatesii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euphorbia oatesii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Euphorbia oatesii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Euphorbia oatesii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Euphorbia oatesii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euphorbia oatesii
JSTOR Plant Science: Euphorbia oatesii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Euphorbia oatesii
Tropicos: Euphorbia oatesii
West African Plants database: Euphorbia oatesii
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