Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight

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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Achyranthes brachiata L. Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart. Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual herb 10-45 cm high, moostly branching from the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, elliptic-oblong or ovate, 1-5 cm long for basal leaves, becoming shorter and narrower further up, thinly hairy to more or less hairless, more or less gradually tapering into a petiole up to about half the length of the leaf blade. Inflorescences in dense spikes, 3-15 mm long, clustered in the leaf axils or on short axillary shoots; bracts whitish,hyaline, up to half a mm long. Flowers with ovate-elliptic perianth segments c. 1.25 mm long, greenish-white, woolly on the outside. Capsule included in the persistant perianth and falling together.
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Habitat:	Drying margins of seasonally wet places, on both sansy and clay soils.
Altitude range:	Up to 515 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Mauritius, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Burma.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Saturday 16 August 2014
Literature:	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 16. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 20. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 97 - 99. (Includes a picture).

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