Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
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Ballantyne Park, Harare
Picture: Bart Wursten
Ballantyne Park, Harare
Picture: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
Picture: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare
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:
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Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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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:
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Derivation of specific name:
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adenophora: gland-bearing |
Habitat:
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Seasonally inundated grassland, fish ponds. |
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Flowering time: | Aug - Sep |
Worldwide distribution:
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Native of Mexico; c.290 species in the Eastern USA, C and W South America; 2 species naturalised in the Old World. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Lk,S |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Thursday 7 July 2016 |
Literature:
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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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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ageratina adenophora. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=158690, retrieved 20 April 2024
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