Senecio madagascariensis Poir.
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Zambezi floodplain at Mongu
Photo: Mike Bingham
Zambezi floodplain at Mongu
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Annual or biennial herb, 20–60 cm high, mostly erect, sometimes much-branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Leaves variable, narrow-lanceolate to elliptic or oblanceolate, 2–7 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, margins entire or variously toothed or rarely upper leaves pinnatifid, lamina glabrous, base tapered, stem-clasping and often auriculate in upper leaves.
Inflorescence loosely corymbose, heads usually 2–10 heads; heads narrow-campanulate, 3.5–4 mm diam., ± glabrous; involucral bracts 19–21, 4–5 mm long; bracteoles 8–12. Ray florets mostly 13–15; ligules 6–10 mm long.
Achenes 1.5–2.5 mm long, brown; pappus 4–6.5 mm long. |
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madagascariensis: of Madagascar |
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Zambia, tropical and sub-tropical Africa extending to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles |
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Saturday 19 September 2015 |
Literature:
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Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 214 - 215. (Includes a picture).
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 669.
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.
Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Page 326. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Senecio madagascariensis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161260, retrieved 22 May 2022
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