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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 75 cm. Leaves in a basal rosette, narrowly elliptic, up to 10 cm long, clasping the stem; margin coarsely toothed. Flowerheads white to purple, ray-florets absent. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | polyodon: with many teeth |
| Habitat: | In moist grassland, seasonally flooded areas and near vleis and marshes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 2350 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. |
| FZ divisions: | C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 8 September 2007 |
| Literature: |
Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Page 51. 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. |