Eriocaulon schimperi Ruhland

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Manyenezi Forest, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Eriocaulon congense Moldenke Eriocaulon volkensii Engl. var. mildbraedii Ruhland
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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust tufted perennial herb. Leaves broadly linear, mostly up to 30 cm long, light green, broadly rounded at the tips. Flowering stems 2-5, stout, 8-10-ribbed, mostly 15-40 cm high. Flowerhead, flattened globose 9-18 mm in diameter, pure white or greyish-white; involucral bracts somewhat shorter than the width of the flowerhead, ovate-oblong, 2.5-4 mm long, pale to straw-coloured, sometimes with blackish tips, weakly reflexed when mature; floral bracts greyish, densely white hairy. Flowers unisexual, 3-4.5 mm long with blackish sepals and white hairy petals; anthers black.
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Derivation of specific name:	schimperi: after Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878), explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia.
Habitat:	In wet montane grassland, bogs and marshy streamsides.
Altitude range:	2200 - 2500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Eastern DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and northern Malawi.
Malawi distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Saturday 1 September 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 307. Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 33 - 34. (Includes a picture). Phillips, S.M. (2010). Eriocaulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 50 - 52.

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