Dicoma anomala Sond.

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Lusaka SE, Lusaka East Forest Reserve (PFA 27)

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Mukuvisi Woodland

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Synonyms:	Dicoma anomala Sond. subsp. cirsioides (Harv.) Wild
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Description:	Few to many prostrate or decumbent annual stems radiating from a woody rootstock. Leaves along the stem and several subtending the capitula, linear-elliptic, the margins not or slightly revolute (rolled under), discolorous. Capitula 1 – many per stem.
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Flowering time:	Jun - Aug
Worldwide distribution:	D.R. Congo, Uganda, Tanzania to South Africa, Lesotho, Angola
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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 91. as Dicoma anomala anomala (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. As Dicoma anomala anomala Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. As Dicoma anomala gerrardii Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 254. (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 37 - 38. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 32. as Dicoma anomala anomala Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Pages 189 - 192. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

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