Cineraria mazoensis
mazoensis
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Near Domboshawa Cave
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb to 30 cm. Stems white woolly-tomentose, especially below. Leaves up to 10 × 6 cm, but often much smaller, variable, simple and palmately lobed (the lobes themselves lobed or dentate) or lyrate-pinnatifid, auriculate, green above, markedly white woolly-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence branched, laxly corymbose. Flowers yellow. Capitula 5-7 mm; ray florets present, yellow. Achenes black, flattened, hairy. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | See var. graniticola for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | mazoensis: of the Mazoe area in northern Zimbabwe, where the type specimen was found |
| Habitat: | In the shade of trees or rocks near the summit of rocky hills. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 1600 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006). A revision of the genus Cineraria (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) Kew Bulletin 61 Pages 508 - 509. (Includes a picture). Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006). Two new species and a variety of Cineraria (Asteraceae) from tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 61 Pages 171 - 172. (Includes a picture). 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 Cineraria lobata |
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