Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm.
NE Indigenous

Morphological description

Rather straggling annual or perennial herb up to c. 40 cm tall, branching near the base, with the stems and leaves sparsely pilose, with branched hairs or with some hairs simple. Leaves 2-3 x 0.8-2.5 cm, pseudoverticillate, 4-6 in each false whorl, 2 often smaller than the rest, subsessile, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, cuneate at the base; stipules up to 7 mm long, scarious, deltoid. Flowers in 3-9-flowered terminal or axillary cymes; pedicels up to 7 mm long, sparsely pilose; bracts c. 2 mm long, oblong, with hyaline, ciliolate margins. Sepals 9-13, green with hyaline margins, 1.7-6.0 x 1.0-2.3 mm, oblong-ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved, the outer ones gradually smaller. Petals 5-6, 2-4 x 1 mm, membranous, lanceolate to ovate, acute. Stamens 5-6; filaments 2-3 mm long, broad and membranous; anthers c. 1 mm long, broadly oblong. Ovary very broadly ovoid, shortly stipitate; style c. 3 mm long, stigmatic arms twisted. Capsule c. 7 x 6 mm, broadly ovoid, smooth, brown, surrounded by the persistent sepals. Seeds reddish-brown, 0.7 x 0.5 mm, reniform; testa minutely reticulate. From: Wild, H. 1961. 21. Caryophyllaceae. Fl. Zambes. 1(2): 337-358. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments & Administrations, London. [CC BY]

Habitat

In open scrub on coastal dunes. From: Wild, H. 1961. 21. Caryophyllaceae. Fl. Zambes. 1(2): 337-358. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments & Administrations, London. [CC BY]

Distribution

Mozambique. Known only from the Lourenço Marques Province. From: Wild, H. 1961. 21. Caryophyllaceae. Fl. Zambes. 1(2): 337-358. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments & Administrations, London. [CC BY]

Altitude

5 to 60 m

Occurrence records map

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Synonym(s)

27 results for Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Specimen records

Barcode: NH0064566-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6553 | 1968-4-11

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba. Riverview Airstrip. 28°26'S 32°10'E

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Barcode: NH0133524-0 Collector(s) & number: Dludla, PM, 2 | 2007-2-19

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lake Sibayi, Mbazwana, Olakeni region. Garden of Mr Skhumbuzo Zikhali.

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Barcode: NH0059708-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6052 | 1967-2-9

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban District: Mbogintwni Lagoon. 30°00'S 30°55'E

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Barcode: PRE0406481-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 5598 | 1966-4-10

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, HLABISA DIST.; HQQ FARM E OF NCEMANE STA

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Barcode: PRE0821563-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 11414 | 1991-10-27

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, North Coast: Lake Nhlabane Area; South Lake, South Eastern shore. At side of track in disturbed dune forest. Moderate slope.

General notes: Det: C.J. Ward & A. Rajh Conf: M. Jordaan

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Barcode: PRE0406480-0 Collector(s) & number: Venter, HJT, 5563 | 1969-6-15

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, RICHARDS BAY; VILLAGE AREA

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Barcode: NH0143258-0 Collector(s) & number: Sachse, B, 1177 | 2012-11-3

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Isimangaliso Wetland Park, Eastern shore, undulating coastal grassy dunes.

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Barcode: NH0050659-0 Collector(s) & number: African Explosives, s.n. | 1963--

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand. Lower Umfolozi District. Tidbold Estates, Mposa.

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Barcode: PRE0824126-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 3563 | 1939-8-3

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand: Ingwavuma District; Ubombo, Mosi swamp.

General notes: Det: M Jordaan

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Barcode: PRE0457738-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 7023 | 1971-5-29

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BANGHAZI FIRE TOWER; DUNE FOR.

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Barcode: PRE0406479-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6223 | 1972-4-1

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DURBAN DIST.; ISIPINGO FLATS

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Barcode: NH0128222-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 11414 | 1991-10-27

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, North Coast. Lake Nhlabane area. South Lake: South-Eastern shore.

General notes: Other: at side of track in forest.

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Barcode: NH0063922-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 7023 | 1971-5-29

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Bhanghazi Fire Tower Hill.

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Barcode: NH0060929-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6223 | 1967-4-1

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban District: Isipingo Flats (South). 30°00'S 30°55'E

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Barcode: NH0069570-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 5598 | 1966-4-10

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hlabisa District. Farm H99 East of Ncemane Station.

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Barcode: PRE0835018-0 Collector(s) & number: van Graan, S, 1048 | 1972-10-9

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Sordwana Bay; near Nature Reserve gate.

General notes: Margin of swamp forest. Herb 60 cm tall.

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Barcode: PRE0785851-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Jaarsveld, EJ, 74 | 1993-5-6

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlange Base Camp.

General notes: Subtropical coast, in forest. Spreading ground cover on forest floor.

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Barcode: NH0077255-0 Collector(s) & number: Lawson, D, 541 | 1983-3-30

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ubombo. False Bay Park.

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Barcode: PRE0406478-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6052 | 1967-2-9

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DURBAN DIST.; UMBOGINTWINI LAGOON

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Barcode: NH0100547-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, MC, 1976 | 1987-3-28

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Manzengwenya. 27°15'S 32°46'E

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Barcode: NH0030924-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 3563 | 1939-8-3

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand. Ubombo District. Ubombo, Mozi Swamp.

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Barcode: PRE0406477-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6553 | 1968-4-11

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, RIVERVIEW AIRSTRIP; MOWED ZONE BETWEEN GOLF COURSE AND RIVERVIEW AIRSTRIP

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Observation records

Date: 4/28/2024 1:43:00 PM

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Date: 4/21/2019 2:46:00 PM

KwaZulu-Natal

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Date: 5/26/2018 1:07:00 PM

KwaZulu-Natal

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Date: 10/13/2024 10:31:00 AM

KwaZulu-Natal

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Date: 10/13/2024 10:34:00 AM

KwaZulu-Natal

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Plant occurence records per dataset

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Occurrence records map

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1961

FLORA

21. Caryophyllaceae Wild, H

Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)337-358

Crown Agents for Oversea Governments & Administrations, London

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Status

Status and criteria

NE

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