Cineraria pulchra
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Photo: Glynis Cron
Summit of Castle Beacon, Vumba
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Engwa "Himalayas"
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Engwa "Himalayas"
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| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrubby or somwhat scrambling perennial suffrutex up to 1.2 m tall. Stems woody near the base, white woolly-tomentose, especially when young. Leaves deltoid-reniform in outline, deeply 5-7 lobed, often with 1-2 lateral pinnae-wings below the main lamina, up to 5.5 × 6.5 cm (excluding the lateral pinnae), green with some white-woolly hairs above, densely white woolly-tomentose below; venation prominent; petiole (including the lateral pinnae) 2-7.5 cm, with distinct auricles at the base. Inflorescence branched, compactly corymbose. Capitula with ray florets, yellow. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | pulchra: beautiful. |
| Habitat: | Among rocks or in ericoid scrub, usually in the higher mistbelt montane areas. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Above 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique and Mt Gorongosa. |
| FZ divisions: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 12 March 2020 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. in error as Cineraria lobata Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. & Knox, E.B. (2006). A revision of the genus Cineraria (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) Kew Bulletin 61 Pages 510 - 511. (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 168 - 170. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 81. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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