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Diagnostics: short needle-leaved species, 4–9 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, fruit with 6 distinctive ribs and transverse ribs in between
Habitat: heavy clayish slopes
Notes: a common species on lowland clayish soil, but very variable due to hybridisation with other species and then the transverse ribs are lost

Sources and Credits

1. (c) douglaseustonbrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by douglaseustonbrown
2. (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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