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| Status: | Native |
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Annual herb, branching from the base, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers solitary, axillary, white to pale mauve with an orange to chocolate-brown throat. |
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| Notes: | Known from a few locations in South-western Zimbabwe (drying mud along riverbanks in the Sebungwe area; a marsh near Bulawayo; in river sand at Sengwa Research Station). It is known as an occasional weed in those areas. |
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| FZ divisions: | N,W,C |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 177. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 147. 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 78. |