Helichrysum mechowianum Klatt
var. ceres (S. Moore) Beentje

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Synonyms:	Helichrysum ceres S. Moore Helichrysum nanum Baker Helichrysum squamosifolium S. Moore Helichrysum zombense Moeser
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with a simple stem, 18-50 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Basal leaves up to 22 × 5 cm, more or less broadly Ovate-lanceolate, greyish velvety on both surfaces on a long velvety petiole up to 10 cm long; stem leaves scale-like, up to 2 cm long, grey velvety at least below. Capitula forming a dense corymbose head. Involucral bracts brown at the base, golden-yellow above, 4-seriate, up to 6 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate. Florets yellow.
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Habitat:	In grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C,E
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Images last updated:	Thursday 4 August 2016
Literature:	Beentje, H. (2000). New taxa and new combinations in Helichrysum (Compositae: Inuleae) Kew Bulletin 55(2) Pages 361 - 362. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 97. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. As Helichrysum ceres 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 26. as Helichrysum ceres Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 41 - 43. as Helichrysum ceres

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