Crassocephalum rubens
rubens
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (8)
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd nr Westaway
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd nr Westaway
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Gynura cernua Benth. Gynura rubens (Jacq.) Muschl. Senecio cernuus L. f. Senecio rubens Jacq. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb, 30-70 cm. Leaves up to 11 × 4 cm, but often smaller, varying from simple, ovate, elliptic or obovate to (more commonly) lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes auriculate; margin irregularly serrate or dentate. Capitula 10-12 × 5-8 mm, 1.5-2 times as long as broad, purple, blue, magenta, usually solitary; inner phyllaries 9-11 × 1 mm. Ovaries and achenes hairy. |
| Type location: |
not known |
| Notes: | This variety is not easy to separate unambiguously from var. sarcobasis but the capitula are generally larger (involucral bracts c. 15 mm long). |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In dry places, sand veld, woodland, on kopjes and also in vleis and by streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | West Africa from Liberia to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and southwards to South Africa; Madagascar, Comoro and Mascarane Islands. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E,S |
| 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: | Tuesday 16 January 2007 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 608 - 609. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 89. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 30. As Crassocephalum rubens Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Pages 101 - 102. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Pages 907 - 908. As Crassocephalum rubens 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 24. as Crassocephalum rubens Maquet, P. & Lawalree, A. (1985). Asteraceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 650. as Crassocephalum rubens Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 157. As Crassocephalum rubens (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 29. As Crassocephalum rubens Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 52. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 203. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 65. as Crassocephalum rubens (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
Other sources of information about Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens:
Our websites:
Flora of Caprivi: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubensFlora of the DRC: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens
Flora of Malawi: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens
Flora of Mozambique: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens
Flora of Rwanda: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens
Flora of Zambia: Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crassocephalum rubensAfrican Plant Database: Crassocephalum rubens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crassocephalum rubens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crassocephalum rubens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crassocephalum rubens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crassocephalum rubens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crassocephalum rubens
JSTOR Plant Science: Crassocephalum rubens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crassocephalum rubens
Plants of the World Online: Crassocephalum rubens
Tropicos: Crassocephalum rubens
Wikipedia: Crassocephalum rubens