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  • Herbaceous plants that have also developed salt and drought tolerance growing near the shores are Sesuvium portulacastrum, the endemic S. edmonstonei, and beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae), which is very important as a dune stabilizer.

    Galápagos Islands xeric scrub 2007

  • There is the most southerly cordgrass Spartina maritima marsh on the west coast of Africa marsh, behind the mangroves; both Ipomea pes-caprae and Sporobolus virginicus grow on the margins of the salt marshes.

    Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2009

  • Psammophilous meadows settle on sandy dunes, normally not flooded by the sea and Egletes postrata, Ipomea pes-caprae, and Sporobolus virginicum are distinctive species.

    Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

  • With Mariscus congestus, Sporobolus virginicus, Scaevola plumieri, Ipomoea pes-caprae brasiliensis, and other trailing and stoloniferous plants on recently formed dunes.

    KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic 2007

  • Iam viginti annos fui tecum; oves tuae et caprae non abortiverunt: et arietes pecudum tuarum non comedi.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Unlike the dreaded Oxalis pes-caprae with the taller yellow flowers that subsumes our gardens starting in winter, this shamrock is a polite evergreen that acts as a colorful groundcover in sunny or part-sun locations.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • The foliage gets its sour tang (sourgrass is another name for O. pes-caprae) from oxalic acid, also found in spinach, true sorrel, rhubarb and other foods.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • O. pes-caprae - that inhabit American lawns and greenhouses to fabulous, (but not hardy in cold climates) rock-garden plants and edgers.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • Unlike the dreaded Oxalis pes-caprae with the taller yellow flowers that subsumes our gardens starting in winter, this shamrock is a polite evergreen that acts as a colorful groundcover in sunny or part-sun locations.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • • t Superftrdvit autem pellem villofae agreftis caprae; tt ei incubaret feflurus, £um%o vero ferviebat decu - l&oro.

    Nova clavis Hoinerica: cujus ope aditus ad intelligendos sine Interprete Iliadis Libros omnibus ... 1767

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