Centella flexuosa(Eckl. and Zeyh.) Drude [family APIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Hydrocotyle flexuosaEckl. and Zeyh. [family APIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
Centella flexuosa
Hydrocotyle flexuosa
Flora
Entry for HYDROCOTYLE flexuosa E. & Z. [family UMBELLIFERAE]
HYDROCOTYLE flexuosaE. & Z. [family UMBELLIFERAE], ! 2160;—Zey. 2662.
Information
suffruticose, quite villous; stems elongated, branched; leaves cordate or orbicularly-reniform, coarsely many-toothed; peduncles aggregated, shorter than the leaves, with a 3-flowered, monocarpous umbel; fruit glabrous, orbicularly-cordate, twice shorter than the villous, ovate, acuminate involucre. Easily known by the yellowish or greyish soft indument. Leaves 3/4–1 inch broad, with 10–18 sharp, erect, 1–2 lines long, ovate teeth. Peduncles 1/2–1 inch. Involucre, when young, 4-leaved, subulate; fruitbearing, consisting of 2 striated, acuminated leaves, 3 lines long. Mericarp on each side with 3 or 4 ribs, reticulated or undulated.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy-stony places in Hottentottsholland, near Palmietriver, E. & Z.! Feb. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)