Guilleminea densa (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Moq.

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Guilleminea densa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Recreational area, Cleveland Dam

Guilleminea densa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Recreational area, Cleveland Dam

Guilleminea densa

Photo: Petra Ballings
Shaneragh rd, Mandara, Harare

Guilleminea densa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Gnu Bend rd, Lake Kyle recreational Park.

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Synonyms: Brayulinea densa (Willd.) Small
Common names:
Frequency: Frequent
Status: Introduced
Description:
A woolly, prostrate mat-forming perennial herb. Leaves narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate; glabrous on the upper surface and with long matted white hairs on the lower surface. Inflorescences to 6 mm, dense, ovoid, whitish.
Notes: For the distinctions between this species and species of Alternanthera, see the note after Alternanthera caracasana.
Derivation of specific name: densa: dense
Habitat: On roadsides, in grassland and open woodland, usually in well-trodden disturbed places.
Altitude range: (metres) 350 - 1550 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Native of the warmer parts of North and South America, from the southern USA to northern Argentina, and now a widespread tropical weed
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
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Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Wednesday 3 March 2021
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 338. (Includes a picture).

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 16.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 21.

Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 122 - 124. (Includes a picture).


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Guilleminea densa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122510, retrieved 13 December 2024

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