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Crassocephalum crepidioides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
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Annual herb up to 1.2 m. Leaves with winged petioles, simple but sometimes lobed; margin coarsely and sharply dentate. Capitula in a loosely branched inflorescence, often nodding. Colour variable, most commonly dull to bright orange-red. |
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| Habitat: | Weed in disturbed soils, on roadsides and along the margins of woodland and forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and southwards to S Africa; naturalised widely in tropical Asia and the Pacific. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | A |
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| Content last updated: | Tuesday 16 January 2007 |
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African Plant Database: Crassocephalum crepidioidesBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Crassocephalum crepidioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crassocephalum crepidioides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Crassocephalum crepidioides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Crassocephalum crepidioides
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Crassocephalum crepidioides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crassocephalum crepidioides
JSTOR Plant Science: Crassocephalum crepidioides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Crassocephalum crepidioides
Tropicos: Crassocephalum crepidioides
West African Plants database: Crassocephalum crepidioides
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