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Acanthospermum glabratum
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Acanthospermum xanthoides (Kunth) DC. var. glabratum DC. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Prostrate annual herb (or possibly short-lived perennial). Leaves elliptic to broadly ovate, 1-3 cm long, mostly hairless but gland-dotted; margin coarsely toothed. Capitula pedunculate, 5-7 mm in diameter when flowering, pale yellowish. Fertile achenes usually 4-5, each enclosed in an enlarged inner phyllary, forming an oblong-fusiform fruit, 8-10 mm long, covered with numerous hooked spines. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | glabratum: hairless |
| Habitat: | Disturbed places, often on roadsides |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to South America. Introduced in southern USA and southern Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 22 January 2010 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 766. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. 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 23. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 30. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 6 - 7. |
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