| Author: |
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meisner,
1840
|
| Family: |
POLYGONACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Botswana, Eswatini, , Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Sand |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
| Height: |
30
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Oxygonum zeyheri, Sond.
Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. canescens, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum var. dissectum, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. lanceolatum, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum var. linearifolium, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum var. lobophyllum, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum var. pilosum, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. streyi, Germish.
Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. strictum, Paiva &
S.Ortiz.
Oxygonum dregeanum subsp. swazicum, Germish. |
This member of the Polygonaceae
family was given this name by Carl Daniel Friedrich Meisner in 1840. It is
found in the southern part of Africa, growing in sand with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to three centimetres
in diameter, the whole plant up to 30 centimetres in height. The flowers
are white.The genera name
means 'sharp-angled'. The species name is named after Johann Franz Drège,
a 19th century German-born botanical collector and horticulturist. |
