Aspilia kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv.
var. kotschyi

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Photo: Helen Pickering
Victoria Falls: walking from Falls to town along the pedestrian footpath (paved ex road) that branches left from the road just after the curio shops etc

Photo: Helen Pickering
Just east of the Sinde river, walk south, cross the railway line and follow various paths towards the Zambezi

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu

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Synonyms:	Aspilia brachypetala S. Moore Dipterotheca kotschyi Sch. Bip.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect, sparsely branched annual herb, up to 1.3 m tall Most parts covered in rough hairs. Leaves opposite, ± sessile; narrowly lanceolate, up to 20 × 5 cm, roughly hairy on both surfaces with longer hairs on the veins below; margin shallowly scalloped to almost entire. Capitula c. 2 cm in diameter, in the upper leaf axils. Ray florets dark purple to purple-brown, rarely pink. See white-flowered var. alba for comparison.
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Habitat:	A weed in disturbed areas.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z
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Content last updated:	Friday 20 July 2012
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 81. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 33. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 31. as Aspilia kotschyi Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 50. Wild, H. (1966). The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars Kirkia 5(2) Pages 202 - 204. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 40 - 41.

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