Species Hermbstaedtia linearis Schinz (Cat's tail)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Caryophyllales
  • ---- family: Amaranthaceae
  • ----- species: Hermbstaedtia linearis
Characteristics:annual herb, up to 40 cm tall, perennial rootstock, small purple flowers in a terminal spike-shaped inflorescence
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 116
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31720148
Date: 2012-03-02
Place: Twee Rivieren, Northern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Nossob River Bed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, SOUTH AFRICA
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