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Bothriocline laxa
laxa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Erlangea laxa (N.E. Br.) S. Moore |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual, 0.1-1.2 m. Leaves opposite, the upper alternate; petiole to 2 mm; lamina 3-13 × 1-5.5 cm, elliptic, serrate, gland-dotted, both surfaces finely pilose-strigose or glabrescent. Involucre 3-8 × 4-10 mm. Phyllaries numerous, scarious; inner to c.8 mm, acuminate to aristate. Achenes 1.2-1.5 mm, narrowly obovoid-oblong, pale brown, with 4-5 low, broad ribs. Pappus of a few caducous barbellate setae 1-3 mm. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | laxa: open, loose, lax |
| Habitat: | In woodland, grassland and stream sides, often a weed of roadsides and disturbed ground. |
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| Flowering time: | Feb - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, D. R. Congo,Zambia,Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Transvaal) |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 86. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Bothriocline laxa Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. As Bothriocline laxa 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 24. 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 164 - 166. As Bothriocline laxa (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 111 - 112. |
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Flora of Malawi: Bothriocline laxa subsp. laxaFlora of Zambia: Bothriocline laxa subsp. laxa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Bothriocline laxa subsp. laxa
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bothriocline laxaAfrican Plant Database: Bothriocline laxa
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