Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
pterocarpum: winged fruit
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Limeum pterocarpum (J. Gay) Heimerl
var. pterocarpum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122790
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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More or less erect, branched herb, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, sub-opposite or clustered, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1-4.5 cm long, slightly fleshy; margin entire. Flowers greenish-white, in a fairly compact terminal umbel-like inflorescence. Fruit splitting into 2 mericarps, c. 13 mm in diameter, flattened, round, surrounded by a radiately veined wing up to 5 mm wide.
See Limeum fenestratum for comparison.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Limeum pterocarpum (J. Gay) Heimerl
var. pterocarpum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. Also from Senegal to Sudan.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Limeum pterocarpum (J. Gay) Heimerl
var. pterocarpum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
