9218.000 Verbesina L.

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Annual her (ours). Leaves mostly alternate but sometimes opposite. Inflorescence a lax corymb or a few capitula on long peduncles or capitula solitary. Capitula heterogamous, radiate; ray-florets sterile; disk-florets bisexual and fertile. Involucre hemispheric or subspherical. Phyllaries in 2-6 rows. Receptacular scales convex. Ray-florets with a long (c. 1 cm), yellow, 2-3-dentate ligule. Disk-florets cylindric, 5-lobed. Anthers with a terminal appendage. Achenes flattened, with a broad irregular winged margin. Pappus of 2 awns.

Worldwide: c. 300 species in warm regions of America; ours a tropical weed

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
encelioides (Cav.) A. Gray	C,S	Description, Image

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