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Derivation of specific name

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iners: inert (probably referring to the absence of stinging hairs)
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120660
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Scrambling or creeping perennial herb, rooting at the nodes. Stems up to several meters long, reddish-purple, hairy when young. Leaves opposite, ovate, upper surface slightly rough, under surface with long soft hairs on the veins. Flowers unisexual in small mixed axillary clusters (involucres), appearing as a single larger perianth. Fruit a very small nut, enclosed in the papery remains of the perianth.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120660
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Frequency

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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120660
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Insects whose larvae eat this plant species

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Antanartia dimorphica dimorphica (Northern short-tailed admiral)
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120660
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe