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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb to 80 cm. Stems occurring in clusters, leafy with numerous linear leaves from the base; the leaves erecto-patent or appressed to the stem. Leaves 25 × 3 mm; margin serrate. Flowers in a terminal corymb. Ray-florets yellow. |
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Derivation of specific name: | gazensis: of Gazaland, a historic name for Southern Mozambique. |
Habitat: | In seasonally burnt grassland; also in Brachystegia woodland |
Altitude range: | 1240 - 2250 m |
Flowering time: | (Jun-) Sep - Jan |
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Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 19 December 2019 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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