Limeum viscosum (J. Gay) Fenzl
subsp. viscosum
var. krausii Friedr.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo

Synonyms:	Limeum natalense Schellenb.
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Status:	Native
Description:	This variety differs from var. viscosum and var. dubium by the narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate leaves, usually 3-7.5 times as long as wide, and the pedicels up to 6 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	viscosum: viscid, sticky
Habitat:	It is mostly found in open areas in mopane woodland and along roadsides, often in moist places and sandy soils.
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Worldwide distribution:	(this variety) Botswana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N,GI,M
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 18 March 2010
Literature:	Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 530 - 531. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 406. (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

Flora of Botswana: Limeum viscosum subsp. viscosum var. krausii
Flora of Zambia: Limeum viscosum subsp. viscosum var. krausii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Limeum viscosum subsp. viscosum var. krausii

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