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Flaveria trinervia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr bridge over Sitagane River, by rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr bridge over Sitagane River, by rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
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| Synonyms: |
Flaveria australasica sensu Wild Oedera trinervia Spreng. |
| Common names: | Gaika weed (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Much-branched erect or procumbent annual herb, usually up to 75 cm tall, rarely taller. Branches opposite, often pinkish-red, mostly hairless. Leaves opposite, yellowish-green, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-7.5 cm long, 3-veined from the base, narrowing at the base into a pseudo-petiole; margin more or less finely toothed. Capitula numerous in congested axillary and terminal heads, yellow with very short ray-florets, 0.5-1 mm long. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | trinervia: 3-veined |
| Habitat: | Occurring in waste ground and disturbed places, around margins of dams and lakes and as a weed of cultivation. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to tropical America. Now a pantropical weed. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 19 September 2009 |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 37. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Mozambique: Flaveria trinerviaAfrican Plant Database: Flaveria trinervia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Flaveria trinervia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Flaveria trinervia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Flaveria trinervia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Flaveria trinervia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Flaveria trinervia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Flaveria trinervia
JSTOR Plant Science: Flaveria trinervia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Flaveria trinervia
Tropicos: Flaveria trinervia
West African Plants database: Flaveria trinervia
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