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Subularia monticola

Species of plant in the cabbage family

Species of plant in the cabbage family

Subularia monticola is one of the water loving, annuals of the genus Subularia in the family Brassicaceae. It lives in the cool, moist high elevations of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.{{Cite book | access-date = 8 May 2008 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I8oMV1lsS6kC&pg=PA163

Description

Subularia monticola forms cushions or mats in moist areas in upland rainforests and moorland, such as the edges of ponds and bogs, or muddy footpaths,{{Cite web | access-date = 6 May 2008 | author-link = University of Zurich |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080530005602/http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf |archive-date = 30 May 2008}} though it may grow underwater in some cases. It can form mats in permanently wet areas. It is a short-lived plant that lacks leaves in its early development, instead having just a stem and taproot. It grows to 5 to. It produces tiny white flowers.

Distribution

Subularia monticola is an African high-altitude plant, growing at altitudes of around 2,750 to above sea-level. Some examples will serve to demonstrate the range of environments in which it thrives:

On Mount Kilimanjaro, which is mostly arid, Subularia monticola grows in oases made by rain or melted snow collecting in depressions, where it forms continuous carpets of vegetation alongside Eriocaulon volkensii, Cyperaceae and Bulliarda elatinoides.{{Cite book | author-link = Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper | access-date = 8 May 2008 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I_MKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA739 | author-link =York University | access-date = 8 May 2008 | doi =10.7202/032712ar | doi-access =free | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U8-5g1HFQ7QC&pg=PA90

References

References

  1. . (n.d.). ["Subularia monticola A. Braun ex Schweinf."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:290259-1). *The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  2. . (n.d.). ["Subularia monticola A. Braun ex Schweinf."](http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001216525). *The World Flora Online Consortium*.
  3. "''Subularia monticola'' A.Br. ex Schweinf. record n° 78167". [[Natural History Museum of Geneva.
  4. Hoffmann, Matthias H.. (2003-10-27). "Type specimens of the Brassicaceae in the Herbarium of the Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg (HAL)". [[University of Halle-Wittenberg.
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