Achyranthes aspera L.
var. pubescens (Moq.) Towns.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Bridge on Borrowdale Common

Photo: Bart Wursten
Moth Landing Site, Lake Chivero

Synonyms:
Common names:	Burweed (English) Chaff-flower (English)
Frequency:	Occasional
Status:	Probably introduced
Description:	Stout perennial herb. Var. pubescens is a more robust plant with larger and more colourful flowers than var. sicula, a slender scrambling herb with silvery undersides to the undersurface of the young leaves.
Notes:	Typically, var. pubescens can be immediately separated from var. sicula by its much stouter inflorescences, which are also much more strongly coloured. It is a much rarer plant than var. sicula.
Derivation of specific name:	aspera: rough
Habitat:	Widespread weed of disturbed and cultivated areas.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1500 m
Flowering time:	Oct - May
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 20. (Includes a picture).

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