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| Synonyms: |
Senecio quinquelobus sensu auct. non (Thunb.) DC. |
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| Frequency: | Extremely rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing herb with subsucculent leaves and stems. Stems glabrous. Leaves 4-6 × 3-6 cm, ovate-triangular to subcircular in outline, shallowly or deeply lobed, the sinuses minutely dentate; base cordate to cuneate. Petiole 1-3 cm. Capitula solitary on side-branches; yellow or orange-yellow. Calyculus leaf-like, broadly elliptic, each bract c.7 × 4 mm. Capitula 14-18 mm. Phyllaries 10-16, 10 mm. Rays 0. |
| Notes: | Confined to montane forest on Hwedza Mountain, from where it has been collected twice; once by Wild in 1964 and again by S. Mavi in 1968. |
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| Habitat: | Montane forest |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 14 January 2007 |
| 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 28. |
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