Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. canescens var. lobophyllum
Polygonaceae Polygonoideae Oxygoneae
As at April 2024, 2 herbarium specimens
South African Red List status: subspecies LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Oxygonum canescens - Branching from near base. Lowest leaves entire or slightly toothed, upper divided into narrow spreading lobes, themselves shortly lobed, up to c 4 cm long X 2 cm wide. Whole plant very finely downy with greyish white hairs. Inflorescence slender, elongated, terminal, spike-like with widely spaced white flowers c 7 mm long, partly enclosed in a lobed rnembranous bract.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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