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Priva lappulacea

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Identification
Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers. [family VERBENACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Priva lappulacea (Linn.) Pers. [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Priva lappulacea (Linn.) Pers. [family VERBENACEAE], Syn. Pl. 2: 139 (1806); Moldenke l.c. 24.
Information
A perennialweedwith spreading and decumbent or erect stems, markedly 4-angled; flowers small, the corolla violet with paler stripes.
Habitat
weed
Range
A native of the warmer parts of America and the West Indies; introduced into Java and possibly elsewhere, but not previously recorded from Africa.
Distribution
Ghana: Asebu, near Cape Coast (fl. 8 fr. Apr.) Hall 1891!

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