Vernonia jelfiae
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Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1993
Photo: Mike Bingham
Dunrobin Mine
Jellis' farm
Apr 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
May 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Miombo woodland
Jellis' farm
Apr 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Leaves
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Vernonia chloropappa Baker |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A slender annual herb up to 85 cm high. Phyllaries gently tapering to a bristle-tipped apex; sparsely puberulous or scabridulous; involucres obconic, the phyllaries diverging. Corollas usually purple, sometimes creamy-white to reddish-mauve. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Luwingu |
| Notes: | White-flowered specimens were formerly named var. albida but this is no longer recognized. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, D.R. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
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 29. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 70. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 144 - 145. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 144 - 146. (Includes a picture). |
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