Centaurea praecox Oliv. & Hiern
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Serenje, Chibobo
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Mpika District, Mwaleshi bridge
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mpika District, Mwaleshi bridge
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A low growing herb with stems arising from a large branched, soft-woody rootstock. Leaves subsessile, mostly 3-4 × 0.5-1.4 cm. Capitula appearing before or with the new foliage, 1-many, borne just above ground level, solitary and terminal on short stalks. |
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Zambia, D. R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; widespread in West and East Africa. |
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Literature:
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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 24.
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 54 - 55. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Centaurea praecox. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161860, retrieved 26 March 2023
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