Senecio erubescens
erubescens
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Inside Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Ragwort (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect unbranched herb, with annual stems growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves and stem covered in sticky glandular hairs. Capitula 1-few on long stalks. The capitula are unusual for the genus in that they consist only of disc florets and are purple in colour, resembling Crassocephalum or small Vernonia spp. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | erubescens: reddening, rose |
| Habitat: | In seasonally wet grassland and marshes |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa. |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 Page 667. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 105. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Pages 903 - 904. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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