Corrigiola litoralis L.

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Nr boat club building, edge of Osborne Dam

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Synonyms:	Corrigiola capensis Willd.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or sometimes perennial herb. Stems up to 30 cm, mostly prostrate with a long tap root. Leaves alternate, narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic, glaucous with a prominent midrib; margins subentire to irregularly crenate. Flowers in terminal or axillary clusters on the leafy branches, greenish-white. Fruit ovoid, enclosed in the persistent perianth.
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Derivation of specific name:	litoralis: of the shore
Habitat:	On alluvial sandy soils in dry riverbed, flood plains and around dams.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Also in the Americas.
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Corrigiola litoralis litoralis litoralis Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 88. 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 32. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 38. Under Caryophyllaceae Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 45. Wild, H. (1960-1). Illecebraceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 360 - 362. (Includes a picture).

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