Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.[Agg]

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Cleveland Dam

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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo

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Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Hedyotis herbacea L.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or perennial herb with much-branched wiry stems, often intertwined. Leaves small, linear lanceolate. Flowers solitary or in pairs on longish stalks, axillary at the nodes, up to 5 mm in diameter, white or pale mauve.
Notes:	Two varieties occur in Zimbabwe: Var. herbacea has shorter flowers, the corolla tube 2-3.5 mm in length. Var. goetzei Bremek. has longer flowers, the corolla tube 5-11 mm in length.Our specimens from Cleveland Dam are intermediate between var. herbacea and var. goetzei as described on p. 136 of FZ.
Derivation of specific name:	herbacea: herb-like or herbaceous; not woody
Habitat:	In a wide variety of habitats, from dry woodland to damp grassland and seepage zones and roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1850 m
Flowering time:	Sep - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Africa and Asia, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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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 245. (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 73. as var. goetzei and var. herbacea Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 134 - 136. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 58. (Includes a picture).

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