Selago lacunosa Klotzsch

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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

Synonyms:	Selago paniculata Thunb. Walafrida lacunosa (Klotzsch) Rolfe Walafrida paniculata (Thunb.) Rolfe
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Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched erect or decumbent perennial, up to c. 40 cm. Stems erect, spreading or prostrate, woody near the base, more or less crisped hairy. Leaves in clusters, linear-oblong, up to 8 × 1 mm, mostly hairless. Inflorescences of more or less spherical clusters, together arranged in lax panicles along the branches and stems. Flowers small, white.
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Habitat:	In temporarily drying out open areas along dams and rivers, well-grazed grassland, often on Kalahari sand.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1430 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and S Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,S
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Content last updated:	Friday 28 March 2008
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