Pollichia campestris Aiton

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Near railway line by road to Hwange NP, Main Camp

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Status:	Native
Description:	Small, much-branched, sprawling shrublet. Stipules 2-4 mm, white. Leaves 0.5-3.2 × 0.5-0.9 cm, linear-oblanceolate, glaucous; apex apiculate. Inflorescences with several-many flowers; bracts similar to stipules. Sepals 0.5 mm, thick. Petals c. 0.12 mm, white. Capsule c. 0.7 mm, ellipsoid, with a curved embryo, surrounded by the fleshy bracts which may be white or orange.
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Derivation of specific name:	campestris: of the fields or plains
Habitat:	Open woodland, often on sandy soils.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widely distributed in Africa from Ethiopia south to the Cape Province of South Africa; also in Arabia
Botswana distribution:	N,SW,SE
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Literature:	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 78. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 73. (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 32. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 45. 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 203. Wild, H. (1960-1). Illecebraceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 358 - 360. (Includes a picture).

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