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Emilia transvaalensis
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| Synonyms: |
Senecio transvaalensis Bolus |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb up to 45 cm high. Leaves slightly fleshy, mostly concentrated along the mid-stems, sessile, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 6 sm long, whitish woolly when young, becoming hairless, clasping the stem at the base. Capitula c. 12 mm in diameter, pink, solitary on long peduncles, up to 25 cm long; rays absent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | transvaalensis: from the Transvaal, South Africa |
| Habitat: | On rocky ground and along roadsides |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, Southern Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 215 - 216. (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 31. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 919. 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. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 444 - 445. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 33. |
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