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Vernonia subaphylla
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| Status: | Native |
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A scapose perennial herb, 25-60 cm. tall from an enlarged woody rootstock.Leaves appearing with, or sometimes after the flowers, mostly 4-8 basal, rarely a few cauline; lower leaves eventually up to c. 25 x 2.5 cm., linear-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, subacute athe apex and tapering to an attenuate very narrowly winged midrib. Scapes annual, greenish, usually solitary. Capitula solitary and terminal on the branches. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia, Angola, D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C |
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| Literature: |
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 118 - 119. (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia subaphylla
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