Gnidia chrysantha (Solms ex Schweinf.) Gilg

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Gnidia chrysantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Mussapa River, Nhabawa area, lower Chimanimani Mts

Gnidia chrysantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Mussapa River, Nhabawa area, lower Chimanimani Mts

Gnidia chrysantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Mussapa River, Nhabawa area, lower Chimanimani Mts

Gnidia chrysantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Mussapa River, Nhabawa area, lower Chimanimani Mts

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Synonyms: Arthrosolen chrysanthus Solms
Gnidia miniata R.E. Fr.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb. Stems few to many, mostly unbranched, up to 80 cm, growing from a woody rhizome. Leaves alternate, erect, subsessile, elliptic, narrowly ovate or obovate, glaucous, glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal involucrate head, mostly 30-50-flowered. Flowers brilliant yellow to scarlet red. It is a typical pyrophyte, often flowering soon after the grass fires.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: chrysantha: golden-flowered
Habitat: In grassland, in the ecotone between woodland and grassland and along vlei margins.
Altitude range: 400 - 2000 m
Flowering time:Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution: West Africa, DRC, Sudan and East Africa, south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Mozambique distribution: N,MS
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Content last updated: Friday 13 December 2019
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 74 - 75. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 276.

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 113.

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 80.

Peterson, B. (updated by Verdcourt, B.) (2006). Thymelaeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 102 - 103.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 101.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Gnidia chrysantha.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141270, retrieved 29 March 2024

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