Kleinia fulgens Hook. f.

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Whove Gamp Park, Matobo National Park

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Synonyms:	Notonia fulgens (Hook. f.) Guillaumin Notoniopsis fulgens B. Nord. Senecio fulgens (Hook. f.) G. Nicholson
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or decumbent, succulent perennial herb. Stems up to 60 cm long, fleshy, branching near the base. Leaves mostly near the base of the plant, sessile, clasping the stem, ovate, up to 15 × 5 cm, grey-green, often with purple mottling on the edges and near the base; margin entire or coarsely toothed or lobed. Capitula 1-few at the ends of branches, solitary on long fleshy peduncles; florets orange to scarlet; ray florets absent.
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Derivation of specific name:	fulgens: brilliant, shining.
Habitat:	On rocky slopes
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Flowering time:	May - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	GI,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 9 June 2012
Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 213. As Senecio fulgens (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. 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 32. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 430 - 431. (Includes a picture). 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 26. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 31. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 82 - 83. (Includes a picture).

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