Emilia basifolia Baker

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Emilia basifolia

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu

Emilia basifolia

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu

Emilia basifolia

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect, sometimes somewhat scrambling annual herb, 20-50 cm high; stems pubescent in the lowers part. Leaves densely concentrated near the base of the plant, sessile, narrowly obovate or elliptic, 1.5-4.5 cm long, more or less densely hairy; margin obscurely toothed. Capitula solitary terminal on long hairless peduncles. Involucre cylindric, 5.5-6.5 mm long and c. 3.5 mm wide; bracts 11, 5-7 mm long, hairless. Disc florets 4.5- 5.2 mm long, orange; ray florets absent. Achenes 1.5-2.2 mm long, hairless; pappus 3.5-4 mm long.
Notes: Listed by da Silva, Izidine & Amude in SABONET 30: 31, 2004.
Derivation of specific name: basifolia: with leaves at the base.
Habitat: Moist grassland.
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Worldwide distribution: DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Mozambique distribution: T
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 580.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 31.

Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 913.

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Flora of Malawi: Emilia basifolia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Emilia basifolia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Emilia basifolia
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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: Emilia basifolia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=227310, retrieved 13 December 2024

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