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Schistostephium crataegifolium
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Mussapa pequeno crossing, road to Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Schistostephium artemisiifolium Baker Schistostephium homblei De Wild. Schistostephium microcephalum Baker Schistostephium saxicola Hutch. Schistostephium scandens Hutch. Schistostephium villosum Hutch. Tanacetum consanguineum DC. Tanacetum crataegifolium DC. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 1.2 m tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Stem single or branching from the base, ribbed, pubescent, often tinged red when dried. Leaves alternate, very variable but always deeply pinnately divided, lobes often divided again; pubescent on both surfaces, usually with denser appressed hairs beneath especially on the midrib; margins entire, thickened or rolled under. Capitula 5-8 mm in diameter, in axillary or terminal, branched clusters or solitary. Florets discoid only, yellow. Pappus absent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | crataegifolium: with leaves like an Crataegus, a genus of shrubs or trees in Rosaceae, found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. |
| Habitat: | In grassland and woodland, often in rocky places |
| Altitude range: | Above 300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC,Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,GI |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 4 August 2012 |
| 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 105. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Pages 31 - 32. 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 34. as Schistostephium artemisiifolium Harris, T. (2013). A treatment of the African genus Schistostephium (Compositae: Anthemideae) Kew Bulletin 68(1) Pages 108 - 111. 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 27. as Schistostephium artemisiifolium Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 33. p.p. as Schistostephium artemisiifolium Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 320 - 321. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 114 - 115. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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