Gibasis pellucida (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hunt
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Seldomseen, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Description:
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Creeping, sprawling herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 2.5 - 10 cm long, sessile, distichous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate; base asymmetric, rounded to cordate. Cymes in pairs. Flowers 7-14 mm in diameter, white. |
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Frequently cultivated and occasionally escaping in high rainfall areas. |
Derivation of specific name:
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pellucida: through which light passes, transparent |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to Mexico. |
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Spot characters:
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Image last updated: |
Sunday 6 June 2010 |
Literature:
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Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1984). The European Garden Flora. Vol. II. Monocotyledons (Part II). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Page 28.
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