Callisia repens L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Synonyms:
Common names:	Creeping inch plant (English)
Description:	A perennial, prostrate, creeping herb with purplish stems, rooting at the nodes and often forming dense mats. Stems much branched, producing roots at their nodes. Leaves 1-4 cm long, usually green with numerous tiny purple spots, and purple beneath; densely clustered along the stems. Flowers white, small, arranged in clusters.
Notes:	Planted in gardens for ground cover and in hanging baskets and very rarely escaping in Zimbabwe. Recorded as an escape in South Africa (Bromilow, 2010).
Derivation of specific name:	repens: creeping
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native of Central and South America and the West Indies; cultivated elsewhere and occasionally becoming naturalised.
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Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 16 August 2014
Literature:	Bromilow, C. (2010). Problem Plants and Alien Weeds of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 325. (Includes a picture).

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