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Synonyms: |
Anisoramphus hypochoerideus DC. Crepis bumbensis Hiern Crepis chirindica S. Moore Crepis congoensis Babcock Crepis simulans S. Moore |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Locally common |
Status: | Probably native |
Description: |
Erect perennial herb to 50 cm. Stems simple or sparingly branched. Leaves numerous, mostly in a basal rosette; lamina up to c. 10 × 1.5 cm, linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, glabrous to hispid or glandular-setose; margin sinuate-denticulate to recurved dentate. Phyllaries glabrous or pubescent and glandular-setose, the setae sometimes up to 1.5 mm and black. Achenes 7-10 mm (including the 1.5-4 mm beak), fusiform or subterete, brown, ripening to a bright orange-red, evenly ribbed, the ribs antrorsely muricate. Pappus c.5 mm. |
Notes: | Similar to the introduced weed Hypochaeris radicata which can be distinguished by the somewhat larger flowerheads with 3 to 4 whorls of involucral bracts and the basal leaves deeply pinnately lobed. |
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Habitat: | A pyrophyte, usually in seasonally wet grassland and on roadsides. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 23 July 2015 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 91. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. As Crepis hypochoeridea 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 210 - 212. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 118 - 119. (Includes a picture). |
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