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Frequency: | Rare |
Status: | Introduced |
Description: |
Erect annual herb up to 40 cm high. Leaves oblanceolate, up to 8 cm long, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margin entire; sessile but basal ones narrowing into a subpetiole. Inflorescence terminal, 2-9-flowered, often one-sided; bracts leaf-like, narrowly lanceolate, sessile. hairy, often glandular; pedicels o-8 mm long. Calyx oblong-cylindric, c. 8 mm long, enlarging and becoming broadly campanulate in fruit, calyx teeth 5, c. 2 mm long. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, 9-11 mm long, white to pinkish often with a darker carmine blotch. Capsule ovoid, about as long as the persisting calyx. |
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Habitat: | As a weed of cultivation or along road sides. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native in Europe, North Africa and from Turkey to Iran. Introduced in many other parts of the world. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 7 July 2023 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51. 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 32. Wild, H. (1960-1). Caryophyllaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 352. |
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