''Melhania virescens'' is a plant in the mallow family
Malvaceae, native to southern Africa.
Description
''Melhania virescens'' grows as a small shrub tall. The leaves are silver-grey
stellate
Stellate, meaning star-shaped, may refer to:
* Stellate cell
* Stellate ganglion
* Stellate reticulum
* Stellate veins
* Stellate trichomes (hairs) on plants
* Stellate laceration or incision Wound#Open
* Stellate fan-shaped Espalier (one form ...
tomentose, shaped oblong elliptic and measure up to long.
Inflorescences generally have solitary flowers, occasionally two-flowered. The flowers feature yellow petals.
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Distribution and habitat
''Melhania virescens'' is native to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa ( Cape Provinces, Northern Provinces).[ Its habitat is in limy soils.][
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References
External links
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virescens
Flora of Botswana
Flora of Namibia
Flora of the Northern Provinces
Flora of the Cape Provinces
Plants described in 1900
Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann
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