Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road from Gorongosa to Mazamba 16.42 km from Mazamba towards Casa Banana.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road from Gorongosa to Mazamba 16.42 km from Mazamba towards Casa Banana.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road from Gorongosa to Mazamba 16.42 km from Mazamba towards Casa Banana.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road from Gorongosa to Mazamba 16.42 km from Mazamba towards Casa Banana.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road from Gorongosa to Mazamba 16.42 km from Mazamba towards Casa Banana.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Frequency: | Locally very comon |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or small shrub up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves broadly fan-shaped, up to 6 × 7 cm, 3-5-veined from the base, more or less densely pubescent to almost hairless; margin irregularly toothed in the upper half or sometimes shallowly 3-5-lobed; petiole up to 20 mm long. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils or rarely 2-3 together, yellow with a dark red or maroon centre, 6-8 cm in diameter. Epicalyx with up to 10 narrowly linear bracts 2-3.5 mm long.. Capsule ellipsoid, 10-12 mm long, appressed hairy. Seeds with brownish silky floss. |
| Type location: |
Kenya |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | hildebrandtii: named after J.M. Hildebrandt (1847-1881), German Botanist and collector in East Africa and Madagascar. |
| Habitat: | In grassland and wooded grassland, often near water courses. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | MS,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 16 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 427 - 428. (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii
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