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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust glabrous perennial herb, up to 1.75 m. Stems terete, strongly grooved. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, oblong up to 25 × 9 cm, more or less truncate at the base; margin toothed with conspicuous cilia. Petiole long, up to 25 cm. Leaves along the stem much smaller, sessile, often strongly clasping. Flowers very small, in terminal and lateral umbels, surrounded by whitish, conspicuous petal-like bracts. Fruit ovoid or obovoid, up to 4 × 3 mm, inconspicuously ribbed otherwise smooth. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in montane grassland and along stream banks. |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe/Mozambique, South Africa and Lesotho |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 27 February 2010 |
| Literature: |
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 567 - 568. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. As Alepidea amatymbica aquatica Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 17. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 87. |
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