Sonchus friesii Boulos
var. integer G.V. Pope

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mutandani River Valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Morumbodzi Falls,lower slopes Mt Gorongosa

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to 1 m, from a semi-woody taproot. Leaves may be entire or dentate, clasping around the stem. This variety is usually more slender than var. friesii with mostly unlobed leaves and the involucres narrowly cylindric (c. 5 mm in diameter).
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Habitat:	Montane grassland, scrubland and cleared ground
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Flowering time:	Aug - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Malawi and border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Monday 21 December 2020
Literature:	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. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 222 - 223.

Flora of Malawi: Sonchus friesii var. integer
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sonchus friesii var. integer

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