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Common names: | Marsh Dock (English) |
Frequency: | Rare in Zimbabwe |
Status: | Introduced |
Description: |
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Notes: | The specimen the photographs, in both habit and fruit, matched R. palustris when compared with European material at the herbarium of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (BR). It represents a first record for Zimbabwe for this species as a naturalised introduction. |
Derivation of specific name: | palustris: of swamps |
Habitat: | In black soil at the disturbed edge of a lake |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1380 m (approx) |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Native to Europe and temperate Asia |
Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 6 October 2013 |
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