Sebaea pentandra E. Mey.
var. burchellii (Gilg) Marais

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Synonyms:	Sebaea barbeyana Schinz Sebaea burchellii Gilg Sebaea conrathii Schinz
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb up to 25 cm high. Stems slender, 4-ridged, hairless, branching from the base. Leaves mainly crowded at the base, forming more or less a rosette, ovate-oblong to elliptic, narrowing into a petiole-like base; also 3-5 pairs of sessile leaves along the stems. Flowers in a terminal branched head, pale yellow to bright yellow. Calyx segments 5, ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, not winged.
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Derivation of specific name:	pentandra: with five stamens. burchellii: after William John Burchell (1781-1863), botanical collector, painter, writer, gardener, entomologist, early explorer and naturalist in South Africa.
Habitat:	In moist places besides rivers and in damp sandy soils between rocks in riverbeds.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Friday 26 August 2016
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 53. Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Page 23. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 76.

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