Vernonia holstii O. Hoffm.

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Rigde above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa.

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Synonyms:	Vernonia assimilis S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Lax branching shrub, up to c. 4 m tall but usually less than 2 m. Leaves ovate to elliptic, up to 17 × 8 cm, pubescent above, densely greyish-white velvety to woolly below, venation indented above, prominent below; margin coarsely toothed; petiole short. Capitula in branched terminal heads. Involucral bracts with whitish margins. Florets white, c. 7 mm long.
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Habitat:	Along the margins of submontane forest and high-rainfall woodland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Saturday 13 December 2008
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1028. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 75. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 59.

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