Vernonia stenocephala Oliv.
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Miombo woodland
Chainama Hills area
May 1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lake Chibakabaka
Aug 1988
Photo: Mike Bingham
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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Native |
Description:
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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. |
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Tanzania |
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Zambia, Angola, D. R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique; also Burundi, Nigeria |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Cb,N,E,C |
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Content last updated: |
Monday 17 May 2021 |
Literature:
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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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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Vernonia stenocephala. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=174670, retrieved 9 February 2023
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