Samolus repens | |
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AtCape Otway, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Primulaceae |
Genus: | Samolus |
Species: |
S. repens
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Binomial name | |
Samolus repens (G.Forst.) Pers. | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),[1] where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed[3] and creeping bushweed.[4] Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.[4][3]
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.[1] The following synonyms exist:[1][2]