Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser.
var. cerviana

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Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana

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Maleme Dam camp

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Synonyms: Mollugo tenuissima A. Peter
Pharnaceum cerviana L.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Small annual herb, often multi-stemmed from the base, up to c. 20 cm tall. Stems rigid, pale brownish, erect or ascending. Leaves in whorls of c. 6, up to c. 2 cm long, both basal and along the stems, sessile, linear, often bluish-green, hairless. Flowers axillary on pedicels 5-18 mm long, 3-5 mm in diameter, greenish-white. See var. spathulifolia for comparison.
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Habitat: In grassland and on river banks and as a weed of gardens, disturbed and cultivated areas.
Altitude range: (metres) 850 - 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in Old World tropics and subtropics; introduced in America.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E
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Images last updated: Sunday 4 May 2008
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26.

Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 542.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 408. (Includes a picture).

Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 360. (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 15. under Aizoaceae

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 195.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mollugo cerviana
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Wikipedia: Mollugo cerviana


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: Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122860, retrieved 28 March 2024

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