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Synonyms: |
Polydora bainesii (Oliv. & Hiern) H. Rob. Vernonia buchananii Baker |
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Frequency: | Common in the E Highlands, local elsewhere |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb with many annual stems growing from a woody rootstock. It may grow into a subshrub up to 1 m but often the stems are more spreading decumbent or ascending. Leaves often close together and overlapping, (in this subsp.) linear, up to 30 mm long; margin markedly revolute. Capitula solitary at the ends of the branches. Involucres 10-15 mm long with bracts 6-8-seriate, closely appressed and overlapping, purple-tipped. Florets purple, c. 10 mm long. Achenes 3-4 mm linear, minutely glandular, 5-6-angled; pappus with short narrow scales outside and whitish, barbellate setae, 6-8 mm long inside. |
Notes: | It is distinguished from subsp. wildii by the narrower, near linear leaves which are distinctly revolute. |
Derivation of specific name: | bainesii: after Thomas Baines (1820-75), artist and naturalist |
Habitat: | A species of sub-montane grassland; often spreading on to the edges of gravel roads |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 109. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. 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 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 101 - 102. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90. |
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