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Portulaca kermesina
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Salt Springs road from Mandavu to Sinamatella
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Near Rhino Hotel, Old Runde Bridge.
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| Synonyms: |
Portulaca crocodilorum Poelln. Portulaca holosericea Peter Portulaca rubriflora Poelln. Portulaca tenera Peter |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or suberect, succulent annual or perennial, somewhat woody at the base. Leaves 2-3 cm, subalternate, linear, subcylindric, subtended by whitish stipular hairs. Flowers terminal, solitary or in small heads, bright carmine. |
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| Habitat: | A species of sandy soils in hot and dry deciduous woodland and on the margins of pans. |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 80. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 29. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 140. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 293. (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 68. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 94. Wild, H. (1961). Portulacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 364. |
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