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Hirpicium gorterioides
gorterioides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
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| Synonyms: |
Berkheya gorterioides Oliv. & Hiern Berkheyopsis angolensis O. Hoffm. Berkheyopsis gorterioides (Oliv. & Hiern) Thell. Berkheyopsis gorterioides Oliv. & Hiern var. lobulata Thell. Berkheyopsis gossweileri S. Moore Berkheyopsis langii Bremek. & Oberm. Crocodilodes gorterioides (Oliv. & Hiern) Kuntze |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A more or less erect annual herb, 10-50 cm high with stems covered in purplish bristles. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 2-8 cm long, entire or with irregular lobe-like teeth, bristly above, white woolly beneath; margin rolled under. Capitula terminal, subtended by several leaves. Involucres bracts linear, 8-12 mm long, bristle-tipped and 10-20 bristles along the margins. Florets yellow; rays linear-elliptic 10-25 mm long. Achenes narrowly obconic, 4-5 mm long, 10-12-ribbed, densely greyish-white hairy, together forming a mass of white fluff often more conspicuous than the flower heads. |
| Notes: | Capitula only open in full sun. |
| Derivation of specific name: | gorterioides: resembling a Gorteria, a genus in Asteraceae restricted to the Western Cape,South Africa and Namibia. |
| Habitat: | In short open and wooded grassland, often with Acacia or mopane; also at margins of seasonal pans and on floodplains. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 12 April 2015 |
| Literature: |
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 216. (Includes a picture). 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 26. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 249 - 250. Roessler, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca Area, 5 Subtribe Gorteriinae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 92 - 93. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 35. |
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Flora of Botswana: Hirpicium gorterioides subsp. gorterioidesFlora of Caprivi: Hirpicium gorterioides subsp. gorterioides
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hirpicium gorterioidesBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hirpicium gorterioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hirpicium gorterioides
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hirpicium gorterioides
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