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Crystallopollen angustifolium Steetz Polydora angustifolia (Steetz) H. Rob. Vernonia erinacea Wild Vernonia poskeana sensu Oliv. & Hiern |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, diffusely branched annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Leaves sessile, filiform to linear, up to 10 cm long, mostly shorter, gland-dotted on both surfaces and with fine rough short hairs above, often mucronate at the apex; margin more or less entire, sometimes rolled under. Capitula few to many in a lax corymbiform or paniculate arrangement; stalks up to 5 cm long, velvety. Involucre up to 7-10 mm long; bracts 4-5-seriate, lanceolate to ovate, 2-7 mm long, finely velvety. Corolla mauve to purple, rarely pink, up to 7.5 mm long, excserted beyond the involucre. Achenes 2-2-5 mm long, 5-6-angular or ribbed; outer pappus short, of oblong-lanceolate, more or less overlapping scales; inner pappus of brown-purplish or grey-brown barbellate setae up to c. 5 mm long. |
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Habitat: | In wooded grassland and grassland, sometimes in vleis and in disturbed areas, along roadsides and as a weed of cultivation. |
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Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 22 September 2012 |
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 110. as Vernonia erinacea (Includes a picture). 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 36. 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. as Vernonia erinacea Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 35. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 148 - 149. as Vernonia erinacea Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 59. as Vernonia erinacea Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 55 - 56. Wild, H. (1978). New and interesting Vernonia species from the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 11(1) Page 2. |
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