Macledium sessiliflorum (Harv.) S. Ortiz

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Near Vunduzi River on opposite bank of Bunga Inselberg, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

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Main gate at turn-off to CEC compound, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Dicoma sessiliflora Harv.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Slender perennial herb with annual stems up to 1 m tall. Leaves sessile, discolorous; lower leaves often clustered near the base of the stem, oblanceolate, 12-27 cm long, green and hairless above, densely white felted beneath, midrib prominent, whitish, other veining obscured by the felt-like hairs; margin sparsely and finely toothed; leaves higher on the stem smaller and often linear, clasping the stems at the base. Capitula few to many, mostly sessile, 1-2 in the upper leaf axils, others clustered near the apex of the stem. Involucres broadly obconic, mostly 2-3 cm long, spreading. Bracts numerous, lanceolate and sharp-tipped, 6-30 mm long, greenish to straw-coloured with a pale membranous wing in the lower part, mostly divergent ascending, outer ones spreading or reflexed. Corollas yellowish, c. 10 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	sessiliflorum: with sessile flowers, referring to the flowerheads or capitula.
Habitat:	In Miombo and mixed deciduous woodland and wooded grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS
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Content last updated:	Sunday 24 May 2015
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 93. as Dicoma sessiliflora Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 32 - 33. as Dicoma sessiliflora (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Pages 183 - 184. as Dicoma sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora

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