Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch. Bip. ex Walp.

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Vernonia hirsuta

Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.

Vernonia hirsuta

Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.

Vernonia hirsuta

Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.

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Synonyms: Hilliardiella hirsuta (DC.) H.Rob.
Webbia hirsuta DC.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect perennial herb up to c. 1m high, with annual stems growing from strong woody rootstock. Most parts densely hairy with Y-shaped hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong to lanceolate-oblong, up to 8 cm long, cordate or subcordate at the base, uppersurface more or less wrinkled and thinly hairy, more densely hairy and with prominent venation beneath; margin subentire or sparsely serrate. Capitula numerous in dense terminal clusters. Involucres up to 6 mm long, campanulate. Phyllaries several-seriate, more or less densely hairy, becoming purple at the apex. Corollas purple or sometimes pinkish, 5-7 mm long. Achenes 2-2.5 mm long, obscurely 4-ribbed, densely long silvery hairy; outer pappus of short, scale-like setae; inner of numerous, whitish barbellate setae, 405 mm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: hirsuta: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute
Habitat: In submontane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
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Images last updated: Wednesday 9 October 2024
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58.

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 106 - 107.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90.


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Flora of the DRC: Vernonia hirsuta
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia hirsuta
African Plant Database: Vernonia hirsuta
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vernonia hirsuta
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia hirsuta
Plants of the World Online: Vernonia hirsuta
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Wikipedia: Vernonia hirsuta


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Vernonia hirsuta.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=158330, retrieved 4 December 2024

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