Synonyms:
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Sphaeranthus angustifolius sensu Robyns
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Sometimes semi-aquatic herb, up to 70 cm tall. Stems branched, hairless, without wings or very narrowly winged. Leaves, up to 9 × 1 cm, linear-oblong, hairless; margin entire or mucronate-dentate. Glomerules terminal, more or less spherical, c. 1 cm in diameter. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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randii: named after Dr R.F. Rand (1856-1937), English Medical doctor and early plant collector in Zimbabwe. |
Habitat:
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In temporary and permanent vleis and swamps, often in standing water. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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DRC, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Tuesday 13 March 2012 |
Literature:
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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 28.
Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 108 - 109.
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