Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze

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Macuti-Estoril, Beira

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Launaea bellidifolia Cass. Microrhynchus dregeanus DC. Prenanthes sarmentosa. Willd.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Hairless perennial with prostrate, creeping stems, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves crowded near the base and in clusters at the nodes, oblanceolate to spathulate, up to c. 11 cm long, obtuse to rounded at the apex; margin subentire to finely toothed, sometimes somewhat lobed. Often the leaf clusters are subtended by 2 broadly ovate to kidney-shaped leaf-like bracts. Capitula solitary or few together from the root-crown and the leaf clusters. Florets 10-20 per capitulum, yellow.
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Derivation of specific name:	sarmentosa: with long slender stolons or whip-like branches.
Habitat:	On sandy beaches and dunes.
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Worldwide distribution:	Along the East Coast of Africa from Egypt to South Africa. Also in coastal Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and from India and Shri Lanka to Indo-China and Java.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Friday 25 July 2014
Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 219. (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 33. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 338 - 339. (Includes a picture). Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 219. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 24.

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