Senecio randii S. Moore
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common
Picture: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
Picture: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
Picture: Mark Hyde
Hillside Park, Harare
Picture: Mark Hyde
Hillside Park, Harare
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Perennial herb, up to 30 cm. Stems
numerous, arising from a tufted centre, slightly woolly at the very base, otherwise glabrous. Leaves irregularly serrate, linear to narrowly elliptic, 30-40 × 2-4 mm, decreasing in size upwards. Phyllaries 20-22, 4-5 mm. Rays present, bright yellow. Ovary pubescent. Achenes 1-2 mm, black, 5-angled, with hairs on the angles. |
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randii: named after Dr R.F. Rand (1856-1937), English Medical doctor and early plant collector in Zimbabwe. |
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Literature:
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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 28.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-22
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2022).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Senecio randii. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161320, retrieved 24 May 2022
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