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Limeum africanum

Limeum africanum
Photo: (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Limeaceae (Lime family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Africa
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Limeum africanum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Limeum. It is endemic to Southern Africa. It is also known by the names common lizardfoot and koggelmandervoet; Afrikaans for the foot of a lizard from the genus Agama.

Where it grows

Limeum africanum is found in Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. It is also found in Botswana.

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Lizardfoots

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limeum africanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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