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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Tufted perennial herb. Stems 30-60 cm high, hairless except for hairs below the capitulum. Leaves broadly linear, 10-35 cm long, softly and thinly hairy when young. Capitula hemispherical when young, becoming depressed spherical, 10-14 mm in diameter, densely white-hairy with black sepals. Involucral bracts shiny brown on the inside, c. 3mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name: | africanum: of Africa |
Habitat: | In boggy patches on quartzite. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1180 - 2400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 7 May 2014 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 38. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 126. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 77. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 173. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 128. 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 90. Phillips, S.M. (1998). Eriocaulaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 17(1) Pages 54 - 55. Phillips, S.M. (2010). Eriocaulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 74 - 75. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Page 134. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 82. |
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