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Ammannia senegalensis Lam.

Red ammannia (en), Ammania d'afrique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Ammannia

Characteristics

Erect, prostrate or ascending herb, 4–35 cm. tall; stems 4-angled, occasionally minutely asperulous and sometimes with lowest leaves (? cotyledons) persisting.. Leaves oblong, oblanceolate or sublinear, 0.7–5 cm. long, 0.15–1.3 cm. wide, acute or subacute at the apex, ± cordate or cordate-auriculate at the base or sometimes cuneate in basal leaves.. Flowers green in 1–many-flowered ± lax cymes; peduncle (0–)1–5 mm. long; pedicels 1–3 mm. long; bracts linear, 2–2.5 mm. long.. Calyx campanulate, 1–1.5 mm. long; lobes 4, triangular, 0.3 mm. long; appendages short.. Petals 0–4, 0.2 mm. long.. Stamens 4.. Ovary subglobose, 0.4–0.7 mm. in diameter; style 0–0.3 mm. long.. Capsule subglobose, 1–2 mm. in diameter, exceeding the sepals.
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Erect or sprawling annual herb, 7-55 mm tall. Leaf bases usually all auriculate, rarely auriculate and cuneate on the same plant or all cuneate. Pedicels (0.5-)1.5-3.0 mm long. Petals absent. Style 0.12-0.30 mm long.
Erect or procumbent herb, to 1 ft. high
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.31
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Environment

In marshy places.
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Soil humidity 10-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
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Therapeutic use Vesicant (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Ammannia senegalensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, eSwatini, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Ammannia senegalensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30256130-2
WFO ID wfo-0000531090
COL ID CT6Q
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ammannia senegalensis f. perrottetiana Lythrum semiamplexans Lythrum multiflorum Ammannia filiformis Ammannia floribunda Ammannia senegalensis Ammannia diffusa Lythrum filiforme Lythrum ramosum Ammannia senegalensis var. filiformis Ammannia senegalensis f. confertiflora Ammannia senegalensis f. diffusa Ammannia salsuginosa Ammannia senegalensis f. salsuginosa Ammannia senegalensis var. floribunda

Lower taxons

Ammannia senegalensis var. ondongana
WorldFloraDB 2024