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Life form:
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herb |
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grass |
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climber |
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shrub |
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tree |
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Additional:
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annual |
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biennial |
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perennial |
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bulbous |
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rhizome |
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aquatic |
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woody |
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Origin:
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South Africa.
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Stem:
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Flowering stems up to 40cm.
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Leaves:
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Basal, stalked, 3-foliolate leaves with heart-shaped leaflets often with purple spots.
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Flowers:
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Trumpet-shaped yellow flowers growing in clusters of 3-16.
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Roots:
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Rhizome, bulbs, numerous small bulbils and tuber-like tap root.
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Other characteristics:
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A weed of crops, pastures and disturbed native vegetation.
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Spread:
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Mainly by bulbils, spread by soil disturbance, water and birds.
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Control:
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Quarantine, physical control for small infestations, herbicides.
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