Bergia decumbens Planch. ex Harv.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  North-West

• Locality

  Zeerust, Ten km southwest of Ottoshoop

• Coordinates

  -25.7604, 25.9425

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Leaf fragment removed for DNA extraction.
Catherine Rushworth	3/2008
Harvard University Herbaria
J0*
The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Elatinaceae
Bergia decumbens Planch, ex Harv.
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. North West Province. Zeerust, Ten km southwest of Ottoshoop:
25° 45.622'S: 25° 56.55'E
On plateau along roadside in partial shade to foil sun. In well-drained stony soil
of dolomite sand. Native and occasional.. Savanna, with Hyparrhenia hirta.
Perennial gephytic herb, 15 cm high, with tuberous roots. Sessile, simple leaves
opposite, glabrous, bright green, coriaceous, leaf margins dentate to saggitate.
Small, awn-like, paired stipules present White flowers clustered in leaf axiles.
H. J. Venter & J. Venter 9877	02	November 113
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