Vernonia purpurea Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
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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:
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Nothovernonia purpurea (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. & V.A. Funk
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Widespread |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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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:
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Ethiopia |
Notes:
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Conservation status: widespread, not threatened
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Worldwide distribution:
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Throughout tropical Africa. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,C,E,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S |
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Content last updated: |
Tuesday 5 July 2016 |
Literature:
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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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