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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, sometimes somewhat scrambling annual herb, 20-50 cm high; stems pubescent in the lowers part. Leaves densely concentrated near the base of the plant, sessile, narrowly obovate or elliptic, 1.5-4.5 cm long, more or less densely hairy; margin obscurely toothed. Capitula solitary terminal on long hairless peduncles. Involucre cylindric, 5.5-6.5 mm long and c. 3.5 mm wide; bracts 11, 5-7 mm long, hairless. Disc florets 4.5- 5.2 mm long, orange; ray florets absent. Achenes 1.5-2.2 mm long, hairless; pappus 3.5-4 mm long. |
Type location: |
Malawi |
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Derivation of specific name: | basifolia: with leaves at the base. |
Habitat: | Moist grassland |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 29 July 2016 |
Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 580. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 31. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 913. |
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