Species Heliophila pusilla
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There aren’t any identifications of Heliophila pusilla.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Heliophila:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; philein = to love. The plant likes a sunny position.
Etymology of pusilla:
From the Latin pusillus = 'very small' or 'tiny'
Scientific name:
Heliophila pusilla L. f.
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Unknown
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Synonym status:
Slender annual to 30 cm. Leaves exstipulate, filiform to oblanceolate. Flowers white to mauve, petals sometimes with basal appendages, ovules 3--12. Fruits submoniliform, 5--18 mm long. Aug.--Oct. Clay soils, NW, SW, AP, LB (Cold Bokkeveld to De Hoop).
Observations of Taxon
Heliophila pusilla
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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