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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect annual herb. Stems purplish, covered in whitish felt-like hairs. Leaves linear-elliptic, folded upwards along the midrib, green above with short hairs, greyish below, densely covered in felt-like hairs. Capitula axillary, with long, bristly involucres, straw-coloured, tinged or striped with purple. Florets creamy-white. |
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Derivation of specific name: | tomentosa: tomentose, densely woolly |
Habitat: | In hot and dry areas, in sandy soils or rocky places. Also as a weed of old cultivation and disturbed areas. |
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Malawi distribution: | S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 152. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 66. (Includes a picture). 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. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 43 - 44. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 32. Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Pages 188 - 189. |
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