Doellia Sch. Bip.

BLUMEA P.P. sensu auct.

Anderberg, A.A. (1995) Doellia, an overlooked genus in the Asteraceae-Plucheeae Willdenowia 25 19-24

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Wild, H. (1968-9) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 2. Inuleae (in part). Kirkia 7(1) 121-135

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, auriculate but not decurrent. Capitula broadly campanulate, disciform, terminal, solitary or few together in a lax corymb. Phyllaries imbricate, narrowly linear. Receptacle flat, without scales. Outer florets female; corolla yellow or purplish, filiform, 3-lobed; disk florets bisexual; corolla yellow or purplish, 5-lobed. Anthers tailed. Style 2-fid; style branches with obtuse sweeping hairs reaching far below the fork. Achenes oblong, with conspicuous longitudinal red resin ducts; epidermis cells without elongated crystals. Pappus of free barbellate bristles in 1 row and inconspicuous crown-shaped ridge.

Worldwide: 2 species, occurring in Africa, Arabia and Madagascar

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
cafra (DC.) Anderb.

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