Senecio deltoideus Less.

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Leopard Rock Hotel, Vumba

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Woodlands road, Vumba

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Upstream from Nhamadzi River crossing, Chimanimani National Reserve

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Gwasha, Chinyakwaremba, Vumba

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Common names:	Canary creeper (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Vigorous climbing herb. Leaves broadly-ovate to deltoid with a large round stipule-like lobe at the base of the petiole, discolorous, dull green and mostly hairless above, greyish silvery pubescent beneath; veins impressed above; margin coarsely and irregularly serrated. Capitula bright yellow, produced in masses of branched inflorescences.
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Derivation of specific name:	deltoideus: shaped like a triangle (referring to the leaves)
Habitat:	Among rocks in (sub)montane grassland, in the bracken ecotone between forest and grassland, riverine vegetation and along roadsides in high rainfall areas.
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
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Literature:	Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 625 - 626. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Pages 886 - 887. 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 28.

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