Vernonia luembensis
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Kalungwishi Headwaters at Lipangala confluence
Jan 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kundalila Falls
Jan 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham
Changwena Falls
Aug 1993
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Vernonella luembensis (De Wild. & Muschl.) H. Rob. & Skvarla (2010) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A stout tufted perennial herb 45-100(150) cm. tall from a woody rootstock. Stems annual, 1-several, erect, unbranched below synflorescence. Leaves coriaceous (leathery) sessile, up to c. 14 x5 cm., pubescent to tomentose or glabrescent, not scabrid. Leaf venation prominently reticulate on lower surface. Capitula 1-12, solitary and terminal on the stem and branches. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
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| Habitat: | Woodland and wooded grassland, on sandy soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, D. R. Congo, Tanzania |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 27 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 103 - 104. |
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