Helichrysum maestum Wild

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with erect or ascending, densely grey-felted branches, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, up to 1.8 cm long, covered with grey felt on both sides; apex acute, tipped with a brown mucro. Capitula in a densely corymbose, terminal inflorescence. Involucral bracts 4-5- seriate, up to 7 mm long, oblong, whitish, turning green towards the base. Florets rose-pink.
Notes:	An endemic of the Chimanimani quartzites. From SRGH on 7 Sep 2007, there appear to be no records yet from Mozambique.
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Habitat:	Quartzite crags
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Worldwide distribution:	Known only from quartzite crags on Mount Peza in the Chimanimani Mountains.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:	Endemic
Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Images last updated:	Saturday 29 May 2010
Literature:	Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 163. 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 26. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Pages 152 - 153. Protologue Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

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