Laggera Benth.

BLUMEA P.P. sensu auct.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Wild, H. (1968-9) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 2. Inuleae (in part). Kirkia 7(1) 121-135

Description of the genus

Aromatic annual or perennial herbs; stems winged, with resin ducts. Leaves alternate, dentate, hairy, decurrent. Capitula disciform, terminal, forming a large lax inflorescence; flowers mauve, pink or yellow. Phyllaries narrow, the outer often recurved. Receptacle flat, without scales. Outer florets female, filiform, 3-lobed; inner florets bisexual, 5-lobed. Anthers without tails. Style 2-fid; with obtuse sweeping hairs reaching below the fork. Achenes cylindric, hairy, without resin ducts. Pappus of free barbellate bristles in 1 row; each bristle with appressed teeth.

Derivation of name: after Dr Franz Josef Lagger, Swiss physician and botanist, 1802-1870

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Asia

Zimbabwe: 3 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
brevipes Oliv. & Hiern	N,C,E
crispata (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I. Wood	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
decurrens (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I. Wood	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Laggera:

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Flora of Botswana: Laggera
Flora of Burundi: Laggera
Flora of Caprivi: Laggera
Flora of Malawi: Laggera
Flora of Mozambique: Laggera
Flora of Zambia: Laggera

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Laggera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Laggera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Laggera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Laggera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Laggera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Laggera
JSTOR Plant Science: Laggera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Laggera
Plants of the World Online: Laggera
Tropicos: Laggera
Wikipedia: Laggera