Glinus oppositifolius (L.) DC.
var. oppositifolius

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Glinus oppositifolius var. oppositifolius

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Under Hippo House, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Glinus spergula (L.) Steud. Mollugo oppositifolius L. Mollugo serrulata Sond. Mollugo spergula L. Pharnaceum oppositifolium (L.) Spreng.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Decumbent or prostrate creeping herb. Stems up to 50 cm long. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 4-6, often of different sizes, 5-40 mm long, variable in shape, mostly lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, subsessile, attenuate at both ends, more or less hairless except when young; margin entire or obscurely toothed in the upper half. Flowers creamy-white, often with a green or brownish line down the petals, in 1-8-flowered axillary clusters on pecicels 6-14 mm long.
Notes:	See var. lanatus for comparison and notes.
Derivation of specific name:	oppositifolius: with opposite leaves
Habitat:	In savanna woodland, wet depressions, on river banks and along roadsides, often in sandy soils.
Altitude range:	20 - 780 m
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Worldwide distribution:	More or less pantropical.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 9 May 2012
Literature:	Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 539 - 540. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 403. (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 Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 79. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 83. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 87.

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