Denekia capensis Thunb.
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Connemara Lake, World's View, Nyanga
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Connemara Lake, World's View, Nyanga
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Connemara Lake, World's View, Nyanga
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Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
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Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
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Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
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Kalizo Lodge, Caprivi
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Kalizo Lodge, Caprivi
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National Botanic Gardens
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National Botanic Gardens
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Ledumadumane Gaborone
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Ledumadumane Gaborone
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Ledumadumane Gaborone
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Ledumadumane Gaborone
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Ledumadumane Gaborone
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Occasional |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect, somewhat scrambling, annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 70 cm. Stems simple, glandular. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, velvety white below; margin toothed. Inflorescences in dense terminal heads. Capitula white to purple-blue. Bracts often reddish. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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capensis: of the Cape |
Habitat:
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In the sand and mud of dried up streams, pans and pools; in grassland and mopane woodland; also a colonist of cultivated areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
360 - 2250 m |
Flowering time: | Mostly May - Oct, occasionally in other months |
Worldwide distribution:
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Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Monday 8 January 2007 |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13.
Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 335. (Includes a picture).
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 24.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 29.
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 36. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 32.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Denekia capensis. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159180, retrieved 18 January 2021
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