Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C. Mohr
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: to the right of the dirt road alongside the first sewerage pond, about half way.
Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: to the right of the dirt road alongside the first sewerage pond, about half way.
Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: to the right of the dirt road alongside the first sewerage pond, about half way.
Photo: Bart Wursten
South of Kadoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
South of Kadoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr bridge over Sitagane River, by rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr bridge over Sitagane River, by rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
Photo: Mark Hyde
Princess Drive, Highlands, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Princess Drive, Highlands, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Princess Drive, Highlands, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Princess Drive, Highlands, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
C49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane
Photo: Bart Wursten
C49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane
Photo: Bart Wursten
C49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane
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Synonyms:
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Flaveria australasica sensu Wild Oedera trinervia Spreng.
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Common names:
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Gaika weed (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Much-branched erect or procumbent annual herb, usually up to 75 cm tall, rarely taller. Branches opposite, often pinkish-red, mostly hairless. Leaves opposite, yellowish-green, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-7.5 cm long, 3-veined from the base, narrowing at the base into a pseudo-petiole; margin more or less finely toothed. Capitula numerous in congested axillary and terminal heads, yellow with very short ray-florets, 0.5-1 mm long. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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trinervia: 3-veined |
Habitat:
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In waste ground and disturbed places, around margins of dams and lakes and as a weed of cultivation. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to tropical America. Now a pantropical weed. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Wednesday 3 January 2018 |
Literature:
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Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 724 - 725. (Includes a picture).
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 25.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30.
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 37. (Includes a picture).
Pope, G.V. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 6. Helenieae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 111 - 113. (Includes a picture).
Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 69. As Flaveria australasica (Includes a picture).
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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.
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Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Flaveria trinervia. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160760, retrieved 29 March 2024
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