Lopholaena coriifolia
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Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Lynn Read
Near Jacana Yacht Club, Lake Chivero
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| Synonyms: |
Lopholaena dehniae Merxm. |
| Common names: | Chigunguru (Shona) Mugakatombo (Shona) Mukwiradundu (Shona) Nyakatondo (Shona) Small-leaved fluff-bush (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Woody shrub, up to c. 2 m tall. Bark dark, roughish, flaking. Leaves alternate, sessile, obovate, c. 4 × 2 cm, grey-green, hairless, leathery to slightly fleshy, 3-veined from the base; margin entire. Flowers in lax, few-flowered terminal heads, white to pinkish; ray-florets absent. Involucral bracts white, persistent. Fruit with long silky pappus. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In wooded grassland, woodland and rocky hillsides, often on poor or overgrazed soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1950 m |
| Flowering time: | Jun - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | W,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 21 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 5. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Pages 115 - 116. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 26. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 72. (Includes a picture). |
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