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| Synonyms: |
Galium natalense Rouy Galium rotundifolium var. normale Kunth |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, growing from an extensive rhizome. Stems mostly creeping or climbing, sometimes suberect, up to c. 50 cm long, mostly hairless (in this variety). Leaves in whorls of 4, elliptic to ovate, up to 22 × 10 mm, 3-veined; apex acute or with a short hyaline point; margin entire. Inflorescence broadly pyramidal or cylindric, many-flowered. Flowers 1.5-3 mm in diameter, greenish-white to yellowish. Fruit densely covered in white tuberculate hooked hairs. |
| Notes: | See var. hirsutum (Sond.) Verdc. for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | thunbergianum: named after Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) |
| Habitat: | In damp shady places at forest edges or along streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1850 - 2300 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, western Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 72. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Page 196. |
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