Pegolettia senegalensis Cass.

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NW of Livingstone: on the Vistana farm road before the quarry, on the right going north

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, upto 60 cm high. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to oblanceolate, up to 40 mm long; margin entire to shallowly crenate-serrate. Capitula terminal on the branches, c. 10 mm long, together forming a lax panicle. Florets yellow, unpleasantly scented.
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Derivation of specific name:	senegalensis: of Senegal
Habitat:	In miombo woodland on Kalahari sand, mopane woodland, grassland, sometimes as a weed of disturbed and cultivated places.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread throughout the Old World Tropics.
Botswana distribution:	N,SW,SE
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Literature:	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 33. 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 27. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 32. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 39. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 37. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 113. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 47 - 48.

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