Ipomoea leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f.

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Photo: Helen Pickering
SE of Livingstone: road to Makuni ridge, go into the farm and take the left hand fork to the dam (road ends here) walk down towards the dam, on the edge of water (dam later broke and was drained, may be repaired by now)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near bridge over Matetsi River, road from Pandamatenga to main Bulawayo-Vic. Falls road

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Synonyms:	Calycanthemum leucanthemum Klotzsch
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Status:	Native
Description:	Prostrate or erect, herb. Leaves linear-oblong to ovate, hairy; base cuneate to shallowly cordate. Inflorescences axillary, 1-3-flowered; bracts pilose. Corolla small, up to 12 mm long, funnel-shaped, white or cream. Capsule, spherical, pilose. Seeds appressed-pubescent.
Type location:	Mozambique
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Derivation of specific name:	leucanthemum: white flowered
Habitat:	Woodland, grassland, roadsides and along rivers.
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Worldwide distribution:	Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
National distribution:	T,GI
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Images last updated:	Thursday 17 May 2012
Literature:	Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 61 - 62. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 368. (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 36. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 204.

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