Gibasis pellucida (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hunt

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Seldomseen, Vumba

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Description:	Creeping, sprawling herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 2.5 - 10 cm long, sessile, distichous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate; base asymmetric, rounded to cordate. Cymes in pairs. Flowers 7-14 mm in diameter, white.
Notes:	Frequently cultivated and occasionally escaping in high rainfall areas.
Derivation of specific name:	pellucida: through which light passes, transparent
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Mexico.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Sunday 6 June 2010
Literature:	Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1984). The European Garden Flora. Vol. II. Monocotyledons (Part II). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Page 28.

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