Centella lasiophylla Adamson

Species

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Characteristics

Covered all over with short soft white almost velvetty hairs. Stems elongate, sprawling or prostrate, slender, up to 2 m long, branched, not rooting at the nodes. Leaves petiolate, most often in groups, blades oblong or ovate, 1.5-3 cm long, 0.8-1.3 cm wide, acute and often mucronate at the tip, widely cuneate or subtruncate at the base, 3-veined; petioles of the lower leaves 2-or 3-times as long as the blades, not longer than the blades in the upper. Umbels 3-rayed, the rays 3.5 mm long, not extending at the fruiting stage. Petals hairy, at least in the middle. Fruit 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, parallel-sided, often red-brown, smooth, with very faint ridges. Bracts pilose, acuminate, longer than or as long as the fruit.
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Like C. villosa but leaves larger and densely woolly.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Centella lasiophylla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840058-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594150
COL ID S82K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Centella lasiophylla