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Vernonia purpurea
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Protea Hill Farm
Apr 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Open miombo woodland;
Chileba Village;
Apr 1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Nothovernonia purpurea (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. & V.A. Funk |
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| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
An erect perennial herb from a small woody rootstock with fibrous roots. Leaves scabrid, subsessile 4-15 x 0.3-4.5 cm. oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, or narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate. Capitula few to numerous in a leafy terminal corymbiform cyme up to c. 40 cm. long. Capitula subtended at the base by leafy bracts overtopping the involucre. Corolla purple. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | Conservation status: widespread, not threatened |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout tropical Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 5 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
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) Pages 109 - 110. Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Page 91. |
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