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Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate branches up to 25 cm long. Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, up to 13 mm long with a rounded apex, subcordate at the base, hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 1 mm long; stipules linear, up to 1.5 mm long. Flower cymes in terminal and pseudoaxillary clusters. Glands 4, transversely elliptic c.0.7 mm wide with conspicuous white, pink or red appendages. Capsule acutely 3-lobed c. 1.8 mm long, hairy on the angles, just exserted on a reflexed pedicel up to 2 mm long. |
Notes: | Due to its limited distribution this species could be considered a near Endemic. |
Derivation of specific name: | rubriflora: with red flowers |
Habitat: | In dry, exposed stony ground. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 1000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Northern Botswana, southern Zambia and western Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
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Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 31 January 2016 |
Literature: |
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 360. 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 41. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 49. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 57. |
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