Vernonia perrottetii
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Changwena Falls, North Swaka
Aug 1995
Photo: Mike Bingham
Chainama Hills
May 1995
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mansa District, Mabumba
May 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham
Habit
Savannah grasslands
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Savannah grasslands
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Savannah grasslands
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Cacalia perrottetii (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Kuntze Crystallopollen serratuloides (DC.) J.C.Manning Polydora serratuloides (DC.) H.Rob. Polydora stoechadifolia Fenzl nom. nud. Vernonia stoechadifolia Sch.Bip. ex Walp. Webbia serratuloides DC. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herb, annual, erect, with capitula solitary, terminal on the branches. Involucre tightly imbricate, hemispheric to cup-shaped, more than 13 mm. wide when mature. |
| Type location: |
Gambia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | perrottetii: after George (Georges Guerrard) Samuel Perrottet (1793-1870) |
| Habitat: | Sandy soil, laterite pans, fallow fields |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | May - Jul |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical W Africa, to Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | B,N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lp,C,Lk,S,W |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 27 July 2020 |
| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 70. 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 150 - 151. Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 52 - 53. |
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