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Hibiscus trionum
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
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| Common names: | Bladderweed (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, up to 1.5 m, often smaller. Leaves variable from nearly unlobed ovate or ovate hastate to deeply 3-5-lobed; lobes often pinnately incised again or with shallowly to deeply crenate-dentate margins. Flowers solitary, axillary, creamy-white, to pale yellow with a dark purple centre. Calyx with conspicuous purple veins, stellate hairy. |
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| Habitat: | A weed of cultivation and disturbed places, occasionally in grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - June |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread throughout the Old World tropics and subtropics; southern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | A |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
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Flora of Mozambique: Hibiscus trionumAfrican Plant Database: Hibiscus trionum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Hibiscus trionum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hibiscus trionum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hibiscus trionum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hibiscus trionum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hibiscus trionum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hibiscus trionum
JSTOR Plant Science: Hibiscus trionum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hibiscus trionum
Tropicos: Hibiscus trionum
West African Plants database: Hibiscus trionum
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