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Sphaeranthus flexuosus
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small glandular annual herb, up to 25 cm. Stems prostrate to ascending, up to 60 cm long, covered in long hairs; wings absent or occurring for only a short distance below the leaves. Leaves variable, up to 6.5 cm long, cordate and clasping the stem at the base, densely hairy, particularly on the veins; margin entire or toothed, sometimes lobed. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, globose up to c. 10 mm in diameter on glandular hairy peduncles up to 6 cm long. Florets purple. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flexuosus: zigzag, much bent (probably referring to the stem) |
| Habitat: | In wet grassy places and vlei margins; also a colonist of cultivated areas |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Sudan, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia and Angola. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 38. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 200. Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 103 - 104. |
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