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Date: | 05 May 1988 |
Recorder(s): | GL Maggs |
Collector(s): | GL Maggs 423 |
Determiner(s): | GL Maggs |
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Herbarium: | WIND |
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Location: | Caprivi: Lisikili, south-east of Katima Mulilo. |
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Planted code: | Not planted |
Country: | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) |
Quarter Degree Square: | 1724C2 |
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Altitude (metres): | 0 |
Notes: | Herb; Notes: Bushy, annual herb, 30 cm high. Stems rigid, articulated, dichotomously branched, green-brown with dense, white, scabrous indumentum. Leaves opposite but often clustered, simple, subsessile; lamina obovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire but sinuate, dull green, thinly textured both surfaces densely pubescent, persistent, up to 30 x 12 mm. Inflorescence solitary, axillary, subsessile, partially hidden by foliar leaves, 7-8 mm in diameter. Florets yellow, inconspicuous. Fruit a spiny achene. (Exotic - from Brazil = a weed in cultivated fields) |
Latitude, Longitude: | -17.625000,24.375000 |
Location Accuracy Code: | 5 |
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