Stoebe vulgaris
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| Common names: | Bankrupt bush (English) Zigzag bush (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Spreading shrub, often forming dense tangled clumps. |
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| Notes: | Plants often show numerous fluffy white galls that could be mistaken for flowers but these are infestations caused by small midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. |
| Derivation of specific name: | vulgaris: vulgar, common, usual |
| Habitat: | Along forest margins and in montane grassland; also in more disturbed habitats such as roadsides |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe and from Limpopo Province south to the Cape in South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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 28. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 76. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 67 - 68. |
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