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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stem woody near the base, branching near the top; branches ribbed or angular. Leaves linear-elliptic to narrowly lanceolate; margin subentire or serrated. Capitula subspherical in branched terminal clusters. Florets mauve-whitish to purple-blue. |
Type location: |
a cultivated plant ex Sri Lanka |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | conyzoides: resembling the genus Conyza |
Habitat: | In wet soil along rivers and swamps, often among reeds. |
Altitude range: | Up to 1100 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Egypt and tropical Africa and from tropical Asia eastwards to Indochina |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,E,C,Lk,S,W |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 6 July 2016 |
Literature: |
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 31. (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 25. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 36. (Includes a picture). Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 173 - 175. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 33. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 199. |
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