''Samolus repens'' is a species of
water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),
where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed
and creeping bushweed.
''Samolus repens'' has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.
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Taxonomy
The species was first described by Georg Forster
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (, 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold F ...
in 1776 as ''Sheffieldia repens'' and placed in the genus ''Samolus'' in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy.
Early life
Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immig ...
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References
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Plants described in 1776
Flora of New Zealand
Flora of Australia