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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small annual herb. Stems 1-10, stout, 4-ribbed. Leaves 1-2 cm long filiform, spongy. Capitula hemispherical, c. 5 mm wide, hairless. Floral bracts dark grey; involucral bracts much paler. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | wildii: named after Professor Hiram Wild |
| Habitat: | By river on wet sand |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1220 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Confined to the E Highlands of Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 5 June 2006 |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 179. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 127. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. Phillips, S.M. (2010). Eriocaulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 56 - 57. |
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