Commicarpus plumbagineus plumbagineus
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Full name: | Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl. var. plumbagineus |
| Location: | Naukluft (2416AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Plumbago-sterretjies, Wit veldpatat, Wit veldpatats |
| English common name(s): | Plumbago stars |
| Synonym(s): | Boerhavia commersonii Baill. Boerhavia dichotoma Vahl Boerhavia plumbaginea Cav. Boerhavia verticillata Poir. Boerhavia verticillata Poir. var. glandulosa Franch. Commicarpus africanus auct. - non (Lour.) Dandy-- concept invalid (inv) Commicarpus commersonii (Baill.) Cavaco Commicarpus verticillatus (Poir.) Standl. Commicarpus verticillatus (Poir.) Standl. var. glandulosus (Franch.) Cufod. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | White flowers. Scrambling herb with long branched stems, up to several metres, growing from a woody root-stock. Stems may be woody near the base. The leaves are ovate, slightly fleshy, more or less pubescent on both surfaces; inflorescences in irregular umbels of white trumpet-shaped flowers with long exserted stamens; fruits up to 1.3 cm with wart-like sticky glands scattered along the sides and concentrated around the apex. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 02 Apr 2015 |
| Camera make: | PENTAX |
| Camera model: | PENTAX K-x |
| Lens aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/160 s |
| ISO speed: | 100 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
