Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.[Agg]

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Oldenlandia herbacea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

Oldenlandia herbacea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

Oldenlandia herbacea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

Oldenlandia herbacea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

Oldenlandia herbacea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road between Dam 3 and Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Hedyotis herbacea L.
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Status: Native
Description:
Annual or perennial herb with much-branched wiry stems, often intertwined. Leaves small, linear lanceolate. Flowers solitary or in pairs on longish stalks, axillary at the nodes, up to 5 mm in diameter, white or pale mauve.
Notes: Three varieties occur in Malawi: Var. herbacea has shorter flowers, the corolla tube 2-3.5 mm in length; var. goetzei Bremek. has longer flowers, the corolla tube 5-11 mm in length.; var. papillosa (Chiov.) Bremek. also has shorter flowers but has the ovary and capsule shortly hairy or distinctly papillose.
Derivation of specific name: herbacea: herb-like or herbaceous; not woody
Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats, from dry woodland to damp grassland and seepage zones and roadsides.
Altitude range: Up to 2300 m
Flowering time:Sep - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in Africa and Asia, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands.
Malawi distribution: N,C,S
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Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Sunday 21 April 2019
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 245. (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 73. as var. goetzei and var. herbacea

Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 134 - 136.

Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 58. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Botswana: Oldenlandia herbacea
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oldenlandia herbacea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oldenlandia herbacea
JSTOR Plant Science: Oldenlandia herbacea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oldenlandia herbacea
Plants of the World Online: Oldenlandia herbacea
Tropicos: Oldenlandia herbacea
Wikipedia: Oldenlandia herbacea


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Oldenlandia herbacea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184980, retrieved 28 March 2024

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