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Euryops chrysanthemoides
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5, Monmouth Rd, Emerald Hill, Harare
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La Rochelle
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La Rochelle
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Norseland, Vumba
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Norseland, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Gamolepis chrysanthemoides DC. |
| Common names: | African bush daisy (English) Honey daisy (English) |
| Description: | Shrub, attaining 2 m. Leaves 4-7 × 1-2 cm, alternate, clustered more densely towards the tips of the branches, pinnatifid, the lobes curving outwards and apiculate, often becoming narrower and smaller towards the leaf base. Capitula on furrowed peduncles, 10-15 cm. Phyllaries 5-6 mm, 14-15, the free part ovate-acuminate to subcircular. Ligules yellow. Flowering capitula c.4 cm in diameter. Achenes c.5 × 2 mm, narrowly obovoid, glabrous, black when mature. Pappus 0. |
| Notes: | Very commonly cultivated shrub in Zimbabwe, seeding freely within gardens. This has been recorded as an escape from a wet ditch in Alexandra Park, Harare and also as a colonist of disturbed forest areas near Penhalonga. |
| Derivation of specific name: | chrysanthemoides: resembling the genus Chrysanthemum |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
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 25. |
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