Callisia repens L.
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Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Creeping inch plant (English)
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Description:
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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:
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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:
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repens: creeping |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native of Central and South America and the West Indies; cultivated elsewhere and occasionally becoming naturalised. |
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Spot characters:
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Image last updated: |
Saturday 16 August 2014 |
Literature:
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Bromilow, C. (2010). Problem Plants and Alien Weeds of South Africa Briza Publications, South Africa Page 325. (Includes a picture).
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