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Emilia discifolia
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Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail on eastern slope of Mt Magorogodo, Zomba, Chimanimani Conservation Area
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail on eastern slope of Mt Magorogodo, Zomba, Chimanimani Conservation Area
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along trail on eastern slope of Mt Magorogodo, Zomba, Chimanimani Conservation Area
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| Synonyms: |
Senecio discifolius Oliv. Senecio hoffmanianus Muschl. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual, sometimes short-lived perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall; stems pale green to blue-green, whitish pubescent when young. Leaves sessile, subsucculent, pale green to blue-green, spathulate to almost oblanceolate, 1-10.5 cm long, sparely to densely pubescent, when young; margin usually with 3-5 teeth near the rounded apex. Capitula single on long peduncles; involucre cylindric, 3.5-8 mm long and 4.5-8 mm wide; bracts 6-13, bright green or sometimes purplish, 3-7.7 mm long, hairless. Ray florets, mostly 13-18, 3.5-7 mm long, 4-veined, bright yellow to orange, often slightly darker than disc florets. Achenes 1.8-3 mm long, shorty hairy; pappus white, 3.5-7 mm long. |
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| Habitat: | In miombo woodland, grassland and as a weed in cultivated ground |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 19 May 2012 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 576 - 578. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 15. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 66. As Senecio discifolius Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 912. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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