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Synonyms: |
Limosella aquatica L. var. tenuifolia Hook. f. Limosella subulata Ives |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small creeping or submerged, amphibious herb. Rhizomes 1.5–2.5 cm long in terrestrial plants, 1.5–3.8 cm long when submerged. Leaves , tufted, cylindrical or subulate, 1.5–8 cm long, . Flowers white, blueish beneath. Pedicels variable in length, 5–35 mm long. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long, 5-lobed, lobes triangular. Corolla tube 1.8–2.2 mm. long, lobes 4–5 subcircular, or somewhat oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, minutely hairy towards the throat. Capsule subglobose, 2–2.5 mm in diameter, crowned by the persistent style. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | australis: southern |
Habitat: | In shallow lakes or on lakeside mudflats. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 2350 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | In Africa restricted to high altitude regions; elswhere in Australia, Europe and North America. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 30 March 2019 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 268. (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 78. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 73 - 74. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 104. |
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