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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Bankrupt bush (English) Hanya (Shona) Zigzag bush (English) |
Frequency: | Common in the Nyanga area of the E Highlands |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Spreading shrub, often forming dense tangled clumps. |
Notes: | Note: This may prove to be different species from the small bushes occurring in drier highveld grassland in South Africa. (See John Burrows in Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger Nat. Park, page 668). |
Derivation of specific name: | vulgaris: vulgar, common, usual |
Habitat: | Along forest margins and in montane grassland; also in more disturbed habitats such as roadsides |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2400 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Also in South Africa: (from Limpopo Province south to the Cape). |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 14 January 2007 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 76. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 67 - 68. |
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