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Crassocephalum rubens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd nr Westaway
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd nr Westaway
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
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| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb, 30-70 cm. Leaves up to 11 × 4 cm, but often smaller, varying from simple, ovate, elliptic or obovate to (more commonly) lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes auriculate; margin irregularly serrate or dentate. Capitula 10-12 × 5-8 mm, 1.5-2 times as long as broad, purple, blue, magenta, usually solitary; inner phyllaries 9-11 × 1 mm. Ovaries and achenes hairy. |
| Notes: | This species is not easy to separate unambiguously from Crassocephalum sarcobasis and indeed Jeffrey and Beentje in FTEA 3, reduce C. sarcobasis to a variety of C. rubens. |
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| Habitat: | In dry places, sand veld, woodland, on kopjes and also in vleis and by streams. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | W Africa from Liberia to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and southwards to S Africa; Madagascar, Comoro and Mascarane Islands. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | A |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 16 January 2007 |
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African Plant Database: Crassocephalum rubensBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Crassocephalum rubens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crassocephalum rubens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Crassocephalum rubens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Crassocephalum rubens
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Crassocephalum rubens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crassocephalum rubens
JSTOR Plant Science: Crassocephalum rubens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Crassocephalum rubens
Tropicos: Crassocephalum rubens
West African Plants database: Crassocephalum rubens
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