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Centemopsis gracilenta
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Rd to Nyangombe Falls, Nyanga Nat. Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Rd to Nyangombe Falls, Nyanga Nat. Park
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| Synonyms: |
Centema gracilenta Hiern Centemopsis myurus Suesseng. Psilotrichum gracilentum (Hiern) C.B. Clarke |
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| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual herb or sometimes a short-lived perennial, growing up to 1.5 m tall. Stems wiry, ridged, hairless except for whitish hairs at the slightly swollen nodes. Leaves opposite, sessile, linear-filiform, up to 10 cm long, mostly hairless to sparsely hairy when young, sharply mucronate at the apex. Inflorescences in terminal spikes, bright red, pink, or whitish, up to 4 cm long in flower, elongating up to 20 cm in fruit. |
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| Habitat: | It is most common on sandy soils in woodland but also occurs in grassland, on rocky hills and along roadsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 450 - 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 78 - 79. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. 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 16. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 75 - 76. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 87. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Centemopsis gracilentaAfrican Plant Database: Centemopsis gracilenta
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Centemopsis gracilenta
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