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Monsonia glauca
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No. 5 water point scout base, Bubye Valley Conservancy
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No. 5 water point scout base, Bubye Valley Conservancy
Photo: Penny English
No. 5 water point scout base, Bubye Valley Conservancy
Photo: Penny English
No. 5 water point scout base, Bubye Valley Conservancy
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| Synonyms: |
Monsonia ovata Cav. subsp. glauca (Knuth) Bowden & T. Müller |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb up to 40 cm high, often woody near the base. Most parts pubescent with often gland-tipped hairs, sometimes also with scattered longer hairs. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 2-4.4 cm long, more or less cordate at the base; margin crenate or serrate; petiole 1.5-5 cm long, usually more than half the length or even longer than the leaf lamina; stipules mostly 7-12 mm long, needle-like. Inflorescences usually 2-flowered, leaf-opposed or in the axil of apparently opposite leaves; peduncle 2.5-9 cm long. Flowers white, cream or yellowish; petals 11-23 mm long, obovate with a truncate apex; extra staminal glands inconspicuous ovate cavities. Fruit 6.5-10 cm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | glauca: glaucous, bluish-green |
| Habitat: | In grassland, scrub and mopane woodland, on stony or sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: | 100 - 1400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northern Cape South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 204 - 205. (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 53. Mueller, T. (1963). Geraniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 137 - 139. as Monsonia ovata subsp. glauca Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 76. Venter, H.J.T. (1979). A Monograph of Monsonia L. (Geraniaceae) Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 79-9 Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Pages 47 - 53. (Includes a picture). |
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