Sphaeranthus ukambensis Vatke & O. Hoffm.

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Photo: Warren McCleland
Rio Muacamula, Macomia District

Synonyms:	Sphaeranthus cylindraceus Cuf. Sphaeranthus stenostachys Chiov.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect branching, aromatic herb up to 1.5 m tall; branches roughly hairy, winged at least when young with subentire to dentate wings c. 2 mm wide. Leaves narrowly oblong to elliptic-oblong up to 8.5 cm long, roughly hairy on both sides; base decurrent into the wings; margin wavy and toothed. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cylindric, up to 4.5 cm long on winged, roughly hairy peduncles up to 5 cm long. Florets purplish.
Type location:	Syntypes from Kenya and DRC
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Habitat:	Grasslands in valleys.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC?, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	N
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Saturday 20 August 2016
Literature:	Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 102 - 103.

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