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Helichrysum adenocarpum
adenocarpum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Upper Jizira Valley, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Upper Jizira Valley, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Upper Nhamadzi river basin, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Pink everlasting (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Very attractive perennial herb. Stems decumbent to suberect, up to c. 40 cm tall, leafy, growing from 1-several small rosettes of woolly grey leaves apressed to the ground, all parts densely grey woolly and glandular. Basal leaves up to 14 × 25 cm, elliptic-oblong to almost round; stem leaves oblong to lanceolate, up to 4.5 × 1.5 cm, smaller towards the top of the stems. Capitula in a few-many-headed open inflorescence. Involucral bracts, c. 11-seriate, 4-20 mm long, white, rose-red to crimson, spreading. Florets numerous, yellow, often red-tipped. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | adenocarpum: with glandular fruits |
| Habitat: | In moist (montane) grassland, sometimes on almost bare soil. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Mar - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, adjacent Mozambique and South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 19 July 2012 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 277 - 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 25. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 145, plate 188 Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helichrysum adenocarpum
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