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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Strongly aromatic perennial herb or much-branched subshrub, up to 60 cm. Plants covered in sticky glandular hairs. Leaves grey-green, with pinnatefid pointed lobes. Flower heads solitary at the ends of branches, yellow. |
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Derivation of specific name: | muricatum: muricate (rough, with sharp tubercles or protuberances) |
Habitat: | A species of disturbed and overgrazed areas, often on sandy soils or rocky places. |
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Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
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Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Insects associated with this species: | Rhodogastria amasis (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. As Osteospermum muricatum longiradiatum Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 142. (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 27. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 36. |
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