Kingdom Plantae Family Primulaceae Scientific name Samolus repens | Order Ericales Genus Samolus Rank Species | |
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Similar Samolus, Sarcocornia quinqueflora, Juncus kraussii, Gahnia filum, Suaeda australis | ||
Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile), where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed and creeping bushweed. Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Georg Forster in 1776 as Sheffieldia repens and placed in the genus Samolus in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. The following synonyms exist:
References
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