Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
micrantha: small-flowered (in comparison with related species).
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rorippa micrantha (Roth) Jonsell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124240
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Erect annual herb up to 50 cm tall. Leaves up to 8 cm long, obovate to oblong in outline, deeply divided almost to the mid rib, lobed, scalloped or toothed, hairless or very sparsely pubescent. Flowers in a terminal raceme, yellow. Fruit a cylindric siliqua c. 18 × 2 mm, hairless, tipped with the persistent style, dehiscent. Seeds in two rows.
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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). Rorippa micrantha (Roth) Jonsell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124240
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rorippa micrantha (Roth) Jonsell Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124240
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
