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Vernonia hirsuta
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Nhamedimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Hilliardiella hirsuta (DC.) H.Rob. Webbia hirsuta DC. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb up to c. 1m high, with annual stems growing from strong woody rootstock. Most parts densely hairy with Y-shaped hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong to lanceolate-oblong, up to 8 cm long, cordate or subcordate at the base, uppersurface more or less wrinkled and thinly hairy, more densely hairy and with prominent venation beneath; margin subentire or sparsely serrate. Capitula numerous in dense terminal clusters. Involucres up to 6 mm long, campanulate. Phyllaries several-seriate, more or less densely hairy, becoming purple at the apex. Corollas purple or sometimes pinkish, 5-7 mm long. Achenes 2-2.5 mm long, obscurely 4-ribbed, densely long silvery hairy; outer pappus of short, scale-like setae; inner of numerous, whitish barbellate setae, 405 mm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | hirsuta: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute |
| Habitat: | In submontane grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 9 October 2024 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. 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 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 106 - 107. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia hirsutaAfrican Plant Database: Vernonia hirsuta
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