• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  KwaZulu-Natal

• Locality

  Along coastal road, 20 km north of Richard's bay to Mapelane, along RBM beach turn off

• Coordinates

  -28.6615, 32.2556

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

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Plants of South Africa
Amaranthaceae
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
det. H. J. Venter, 2001
South Africa. Kwazulu Natal., Along coastal road, 20 km north of Richards bay
to Mapelane, along RBM beach turn off: 28° 39.689' S: 32° 15.339' E.
Elevation: '.
Coastal dune with gentle E dope, well-drained soil of aeolian windblown sand of
tertiary seabed» Parital shade. Occasional, native. Reclaimed mined sand dunes
covered in dune forest with Acacia karoo, Brachylaena discolor, Laportea,
Achyropsis.
Annual to biannual hob, prostrate or up to 1 m high. Nodes of stem
conspicuously purplish-red. Leaves simple, opposite, leaf margins entire.
Flowers in spikes, small, and white. Fruit are spherical capsules, covered in
hooked spines, for animal dispersal.
H. J. Venter & A. Venter 9673
16 December 2001
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