Species Hermbstaedtia fleckii (Schinz) Baker & C. B. Clarke (Cat's tail)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Caryophyllales
  • ---- family: Amaranthaceae
  • ----- species: Hermbstaedtia fleckii
Characteristics:annual, erect herb; up to 60 cm tall; linear, hairy leaves; the inflorescence is a terminal spike with a hairy axis and white to magenta flowers
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 158
Date: 2009-03-21
Place: near Khakhea, Southern district, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-29
Place: near Twee Rivieren, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-21
Place: near Khakhea, Southern district, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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