Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Mubvee (Hippo) Lodge, Mana Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sandbank by stream at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At the foot of Livingstone Statue, Victoria Falls
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sandy banks of Urema River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sandy banks of Urema River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa
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Synonyms:
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Mollugo bellidifolia (Poir.) Ser. Pharnaceum bellidifolium Poir. Pharnaceum spathulatum Sw.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Annual herb, up to c. 30 cm tall. Leaves numerous, in a basal rosette, oblanceolate to obovate, somewhat fleshy. Flowers 3-4 mm in diameter, terminal on leafless, forked branches, greenish-white. |
Type location:
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Mauritius |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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nudicaulis: with a naked or leafless stem. |
Habitat:
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A weed in deciduous woodland, dry river beds, cultivated areas and road sides. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
50 - 1350 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Pantropical |
National distribution:
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N,Z,T,MS,M |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Sunday 4 May 2008 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. (Includes a picture).
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 543 - 544. (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 15. under Aizoaceae
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88.
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Mollugo nudicaulis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122880, retrieved 2 April 2025
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