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Synonyms: |
Cyathula crispa Schinz Cyathula deserti (N.E. Br.) Suesseng. Cyathula hereroensis Schinz Cyathula merkeri Gilg Pandiaka deserti N.E. Br. Pandiaka lanceolata (Schinz) C.B. Clarke Pandiaka wildii Suesseng. Sericocomopsis lanceolata (Schinz) Peter |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Prostrate and sprawling or sub-erect and bushy, much-branched perennial herb. Leaves firmly-textured, oblong to narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 1.2-5.5 cm long, often with a small, horn-like apical point, softly or roughly appressed hairy on both surfaces; margin wavy and with rough hairs; petiole up to 5 mm, sometimes absent. Inflorescences terminal on stems and branches, solitary, capitate, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, seesile or on a peduncle c. 1 cm long (rarely longer), subtended by a pair of leaves. Flowers with tepals oblong-lanceolate, 6.5-9 mm long, whitish. |
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Derivation of specific name: | lanceolata: lance-shaped, lanceolate |
Habitat: | In alluvial depressions in mopane woodland, on floodplains and in wooded grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 515 - 850 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 19 October 2015 |
Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 21. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 21. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 86 - 87. |
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