Euphorbia mossambicensis (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.

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Synonyms:	Anisophyllum mossambicense Klotzsch & Garcke Chamaesyce mossambicensis (Klotzsch & Garcke) Koutnik Euphorbia mozambicensis var. n (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. var. nyasica N.E. Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched prostrate annual herb with branches up to 35 cm long, appressed hairy along the upper surface. Leaves opposite, up to 14 mm long, rounded and entire or obscurely toothed at the apex, very obliquely rounded at the base, hairless or rarely with a few scattered hairs around the margin; petiole to 0.5 mm long; stipules linear, up to 0.4 mm long, sometimes 2–3-toothed at the broader base. Flowers terminal and pseudoaxillary on short leafy shoots, solitary on peduncles up to 1 mm long, c. 1.25 mm wide, with cup-shaped involucres; glands 4, up to 1 mm wide but usually much less, reddish with obvious white or pinkish lobed appendages up to 0.6 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. Capsule exserted on a reflexed pedicel up to 3 mm long, acutely 3-lobed with truncate base, 1.6 mm in diameter, usually hairless, occasionally with a few long spreading hairs.
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Derivation of specific name:	mossambicensis: of Mozambique
Habitat:	On sandy soils in grassland and open woodland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Caprivi Namibia.
Botswana distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Thursday 22 March 2018
Literature:	Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 358. 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 41. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 48. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. as Chamaesyce mossambicensis

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