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Aspilia helianthoides
ciliata
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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Aspilia ciliata (Schumach.) Wild |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb 0.3–1.3 m high, usually erect; branches sulcate, scabrid-pilose. Leaves ovate or narrowly ovate, 3–15 x 1–5 cm, base cuneate or rounded and abruptly cuneate, apex acute, margins subentire or shallowly serrate, scabrid on both surfaces; 3-veined from base; petiole absent or to 18 mm long. Capitula in axillary and terminal short corymbs; stalks of individual capitula up to 3.5 cm long; involucre 3-seriate, 7–18 mm long; outer phyllaries herbaceous, inner scarious, scabrid-pilose; paleae 6–9 mm long with the upper part almost appendiculate, acute or abruptly acuminate, ciliate. Ray florets 5–15, yellow or pale yellow, style absent, ray 4–10 mm long, tube 1.7–3 mm, glabrous; disc florets yellow, 3.5–5.3 mm long, glabrous or nearly so; anther-appendages dark to black. Achenes obovoid, ± compressed, 4.7–6 mm long, pilose; pappus a lacerate cupule to 0.5 mm high and usually without setae, sometimes with 2 setae to 2.5 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Ghana |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ciliata: referring to a fringe of hairs along a margin |
| Habitat: | Sandy soils near lakes, rivers and as a weed of cultivation |
| Altitude range: | 650 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from West to East and Central Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,S |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 18 April 2023 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 748. As Aspilia ciliata Wild, H. (1966). The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars Kirkia 5(2) Pages 205 - 208. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 41 - 42. as Aspilia ciliata |
Other sources of information about Aspilia helianthoides subsp. ciliata:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aspilia helianthoidesBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aspilia helianthoides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aspilia helianthoides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aspilia helianthoides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aspilia helianthoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aspilia helianthoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Aspilia helianthoides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aspilia helianthoides
Plants of the World Online: Aspilia helianthoides
Tropicos: Aspilia helianthoides
Wikipedia: Aspilia helianthoides
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