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| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Hairless, slightly fleshy annual herb. Stems erect or decumbent, 20-40 cm long. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 1-8 cm long. Capitula in lax terminal heads. Ray florets white to pale mauve; disc florets yellow. Achenes oblong, more or less 1 mm long, 5-angled; pappus absent. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Altitude range: | 1500 - 1950 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic? |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 598 - 599. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 908. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 33. |
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