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Herniaria virescens

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Name

Identification
Herniaria virescens Salzm. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Salzmann, P.,
Related name
  • herniaria virescens
  • Herniaria virescens
  • herniaria lenticulata
  • herniaria cinerea

Flora

Entry for HERNIARIA hirsuta Linn. [family ILLECEBRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 120, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
HERNIARIA hirsuta Linn. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], Sp. p. 317;—E. Bot. t. 1379.
HERNIARIA lenticulata Thunb. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], Cap. 245, non Lin. (the densely hairy variety).
HERNIARIA capensis Bartl. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], Lin. 7. p. 624. E. & Z.! 1805 and 1806.
HERNIARIA virescens Salzm. [family ILLECEBRACEAE], in DC. Prod. 3. p. 367 (the green, ciliated variety).
Information
herbaceous, prostrate, much branched, hairy; leaves oval-oblong, or ovate; clusters sessile, few flowered. Perennial, many-stemmed; the stems 2–3 inches to a foot in length; the branches filiform; the whole plant covered with a short, generally greyish, down. Leaves fleshy, entire, 2 lines long, hairy at both sides, or the margin alone ciliate. Flowers minute, in clusters shorter than the leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places and roadsides, from Cape Town to Graaf Reynet, E. & Z.! Drege. Klipfontein and Assagaiskloof, Zey.! 2487. Thaba Unka, Burke & Zey. 611. (Herb. Sond., Hook., T.C.D.)

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