Athrixia rosmarinifolia (Sch. Bip.) Oliv. & Hiern
var. foliosa (S. Moore) Kroner

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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Athrixia foliosa S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb or small shrub, up to 1.2 m high; stems greyish hairy and glandular. Leaves sessile, linear to lanceolate, densely white woolly beneath, thinly so and glandular above when young; margin rolled under. Capitula solitary or few together, all together forming extensive terminal heads. Involucre green with dark tips. Ray florets mauve pink or purple; disc florets golden yellow.
Notes:	This variety differs from var. rosmarinifolia by the much larger leaves.
Derivation of specific name:	rosmarinifolia: leaves like the herb rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis); foliosa: leafy, referring to the much larger leaves in this variety.
Habitat:	In montane grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 5 September 2018
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 82. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 29. As Athrixia foliosa 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 23.

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