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Helichrysum lepidissimum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhandore plateau, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Helichrysum gazense S. Moore Helichrysum mimetes S. Moore |
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| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched, densely leafy, shrubby perennial. Leaves up to 2.5 × 1 cm, broadly elliptic to lanceolate or almost round, coarsely hairy above, greyish-white hairy below, sometimes tinged yellowish. Capitula in dense terminal heads up to 6 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts pale straw-coloured to dirty white, c. 5-seriate, up to 4 mm long. Florets yellow. |
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| Habitat: | On rocky slopes and ridges in submontane grassland and bracken scrub. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 24 September 2011 |
| 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 204 - 205. (Includes a picture). 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 26. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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