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Gazania krebsiana
serrulata
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Cnr Lanner Avenue/Teviotdale Rd, Borrowdale Common, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Cnr Lanner Avenue/Teviotdale Rd, Borrowdale Common, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Gazania schinzii O. Hoffm. Gazania serrulata DC. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low-growing perennial herb, with milky latex. Leaves densely crowded at the base, linear or linear-lanceolate, markedly discolorous, upper surface green with a sunken midvein, sparsely to densely bristly, lower surface white-tomentose except for the green midvein. |
| Notes: | Unusually, outside of the tribe Lactucae, this species produces milky latex. |
| Derivation of specific name: | krebsiana: after Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792-1844), a German emigrant to South Africa, apothecary, naturalist, chemist, botanist and botanical collector; serrulata: minutely serrate, toothed like a saw-blade. |
| Habitat: | An attractive species of grassland and seasonally wet ground, often appearing early in Spring in burnt areas. |
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| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,T,MS,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 14 December 2008 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 217. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 95. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. as Gazania krebsiana arctotoides 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. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 454 - 455. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 136. (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 25. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. As Gazania krebsiana Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 141, plate 184 Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 332 - 333. As Gazania krebsiana (Includes a picture). Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 253 - 255. (Includes a picture). Roessler, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca Area, 5 Subtribe Gorteriinae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 97 - 99. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 34. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 100 - 101. (Includes a picture). |
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