Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Molluginaceae

Genus:

Glinus

Species:

Glinus hirtus

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Northern Africa: Egypt, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon