Oocephala stenocephala
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Miombo woodland
Chainama Hills area
May 1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lake Chibakabaka
Aug 1988
Photo: Mike Bingham
Habit
Degraded miombo woodland margin along rocky ledge
Mandevu Village, Mutondo, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded miombo woodland margin along rocky ledge
Mandevu Village, Mutondo, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Vernonia stenocephala Oliv. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
An erect leafy perennial herb, to c. 1.3 m. tall. Stems 1-several from a woody rootstock. Leaves ascending subsessile, linear. Capitula very numerous, ± densely paniculate at the stem apex. Corollas white or creamy-white. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 112. as Vernonia stenocephala Malaisse, F., Schaijes, M. & D'Outreligne, C. (2016). Copper-Cobalt Flora of Upper Katanga and Copperbelt Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux Page 148. as Vernonia stenocephala (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 70. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 78. as Vernonia stenocephala Robinson, H. (1999). Revisions in paleotropical Vernonieae (Asteraceae) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112(1) Page 232. |
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