Senecio deltoideus
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Leopard Rock Hotel, Vumba
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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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Upstream from Nhamadzi River crossing, Chimanimani National Reserve
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Gwasha, Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Gwasha, Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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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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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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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