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Aspilia pluriseta
pluriseta
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Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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| Synonyms: |
Aspilia asperifolia O. Hoffm. Aspilia brachyphylla S. Moore Aspilia vulgaris N.E. Br. |
| Common names: | Dwarf aspilia (English) Mukushamvura (Shona) Mumharadzi (Shona) Ruhwati (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or suberect, perennial herb, with branches 30-60 cm. Leaves ± sessile; lamina up to c.4 × 2.5 cm, ovate; margin serrate. Capitula up to 1.8 cm in diameter. Receptacular scales 7-11 mm, obovate, abruptly ending in a long and very narrow, scaberulous tip (especially in fruit when they exceed the phyllaries). Rays 10-15 mm, c.10-15, yellow. Achenes c.3.5 mm, obovoid and ± flattened, pubescent. Cupule of the pappus lacerate; setae 0 (but sometimes a few lacerations exceed the remainder). |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In open woodland and grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1360 - 1560 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 27 December 2005 |
| Literature: |
Wild, H. (1966). The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars Kirkia 5(2) Pages 210 - 212. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 43 - 44. |
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