Heteromorpha involucrata Conrath
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Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
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Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
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Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
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Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
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Along Fort Usher road, Matobo
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province.
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Synonyms:
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Heteromorpha kassneri H. Wolff
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Common names:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Suffrutex or small shrub, less than 2 m high, usually with several stems arising from a strong woody rootstock, often with some minute hairs. Leaves very variable, 3-foliolate or irregularly pinnatifidly lobed or pinnate; leaflets elliptic to slighly obovate, 35-65 mm long, usually with at least some hairs on midrib and margin, sharply pointed at the apex; petiole 1-9 cm long, sometimes hairy. Flowers small yellowish, in large, densely flowered double umbels, up 18 cm in diameter. Fruit oval, 3-7 mm long, usually hairy and shallowly winged or ribbed. |
Notes:
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See H. stenophylla for comparison. |
Derivation of specific name:
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involucrata: with an involucre, a whorl of bracts subtending the inflorescence. |
Habitat:
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In woodland, often miombo. |
Altitude range: |
490 - 800 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northeastern South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 17 May 2019 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 63. Also as Heteromorpha kassneri
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 723. (Includes a picture).
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 581. As Heteromorpha kassneri
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20.
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 18.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 23.
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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: Heteromorpha involucrata. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143140, retrieved 23 April 2024
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