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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland margin along rocky ledge
Mandevu Village, Mutondo, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland margin along rocky ledge
Mandevu Village, Mutondo, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
An erect leafy perennial herb, to c. 1.3 m. tall. Stems 1-several from a woody rootstock. Leaves ascending subsessile, linear. Capitula very numerous, ± densely paniculate at the stem apex. Corollas white or creamy-white. |
Type location: |
Tanzania |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, D. R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique; also Burundi, Nigeria |
National distribution: | N,W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,E,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 17 May 2021 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 112. 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) Page 78. |
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