Sphaeranthus similis Kers

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect herb, up to 30 cm tall. Stems mostly simple, rarely branched, more or less without wings, hairless. Leaves concentrated near the upper parts of the stems, up to 10 × 2.5 cm, narrowly oblong-obovate, hairless; margin sparsely mucronate-dentate. Glomerules solitary or clustered near the base of the stems, ovoid.
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Habitat: Occurring in wet soils along the margins of pans.
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: W
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Literature:

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 28.

Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 112 - 113.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sphaeranthus similis
African Plant Database: Sphaeranthus similis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sphaeranthus similis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sphaeranthus similis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sphaeranthus similis
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iNaturalist: Sphaeranthus similis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sphaeranthus similis
JSTOR Plant Science: Sphaeranthus similis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sphaeranthus similis
Plants of the World Online: Sphaeranthus similis
Tropicos: Sphaeranthus similis
Wikipedia: Sphaeranthus similis


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: Sphaeranthus similis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159320, retrieved 28 March 2024

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