Vernonia chloropappa
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Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1993
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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Plant annual, single stemmed. Capitula few to many, involucres more than 6 mm long. Pappus setae bright- or dull-green; corollas creamy white, mauve or purple. |
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Malawi |
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| Flowering time: | May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi |
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| 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 110. 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) Pages 145 - 147. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 64 - 65. |
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