Ageratina adenophora
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Riverine fringe, on limestone
Shantumbu
Apr 1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
Weed in fish ponds
Mubuyu Farm, Mazabuka district
Oct 1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Perennial herb to 1(-2.5) m. Stems reddish-brown and markedly glandular-pubescent, especially above. Leaves opposite: petiole up to 4 cm; lamina up to 10 × 6 cm, ovate or rhombic, dark green above, paler beneath; base cuneate; apex acute to acuminate; margin crenate. Capitula c. 5 × 5 mm, crowded in corymbs. Phyllaries 2-seriate, lanceolate, glandular-pubescent. Flowers white, often appearing in the winter. Achenes c. 2 mm, ± cylindric, smoothly 5-angled. Pappus of numerous scabrid bristles. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | adenophora: gland-bearing |
| Habitat: | Seasonally inundated grassland, fish ponds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Mexico; c.290 species in the Eastern USA, C and W South America; 2 species naturalised in the Old World. |
| FZ divisions: | C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 7 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 831 - 833. (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 23. |
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