Ageratinastrum Mattf.

Pope, G.V. (1992) Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1)

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs with annual stems from a woody rootstock; stems many, densely leafy, with flagelliform hairs. Leaves alternate or opposite, glandular-punctate. Capitula homogamous; involucre with several series of phyllaries; receptacle flat. Corolla regularly 5-lobed, with hairy lobes; anthers with wide hyaline appendage and short tails; style branches subulate, hairy on outside. Achenes 4–5-angled, truncate at apex, glandular; pappus of lacerate scales or of alternating scales and setae.

Worldwide: 2 species in eastern and south-central Africa.

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Ageratinastrum polyphyllum

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polyphyllum (Baker) Mattf. NDescription, Image

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Ageratinastrum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1914, retrieved 29 March 2024

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