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Anthospermum herbaceum
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Leopard Rock Golf Course, Vumba
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| Frequency: | Frequent | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Scrambling perennial herb, either erect and bushy or low and mat-forming. Leaves very variable in shape and size, from linear lanceolate to ovate, more or less hairy, often markedly discolourous. Flowers in elongated clusters, mostly on short lateral branches, greenish to yellowish, sometimes purple-tinged. Fruit small, yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, grooved and tuberculate. | |
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| Habitat: | In bracken scrub at the edges of forest and grassland, in riverine thickets and along the edges of marshes. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 450 - 2300 m | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Dec | |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCE | |
| Growth form: | P | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 25 May 2008 |
Other sources of information about Anthospermum herbaceum:
Flora of Mozambique: Anthospermum herbaceumBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Anthospermum herbaceum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Anthospermum herbaceum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Anthospermum herbaceum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anthospermum herbaceum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anthospermum herbaceum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anthospermum herbaceum
West African Plants database: Anthospermum herbaceum
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