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Cerastium glomeratum
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Common names: | Sticky mouse-ear (English) |
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| Description: |
Annual herb to 30 cm, glandular-hairy at least above. Leaves: basal oblanceolate to obovate, stem leaves sessile, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, with long silky hairs. Petals about equalling or shorter than the sepals, white, apex 2-fid for up to 1/4 of the petal length. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | glomeratum: clustered |
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| Flowering time: | Mainly Jun - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Cosmopolitan temperate and tropical weed. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 125. (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. Wild, H. (1960-1). Caryophyllaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 347 - 349. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cerastium glomeratumAfrican Plant Database: Cerastium glomeratum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cerastium glomeratum
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