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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect to suberect branched perennial herb with leafy stems 30-40 cm tall. Leaves small, sessile, more or less overlapping, c. 1.4 cm long, oblong-obovate, covered in grey velvet on both sides. Inflorescences terminal in subspherical clusters of 8-12 capitula surrounded by pinkish to brownish bracts. Involucral bracts, c. 4 mm long, white. Florets 3 per capitulum, yellow, inconspicuous. |
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Derivation of specific name: | acervatum: heaped |
Habitat: | In montane grassland and ericoid scrub. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1615 - 2590 m |
Flowering time: | Jun - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Border mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 16 August 2008 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 81. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 172. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 134. 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 25. Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 14 - 15. |
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