Pulicaria scabra (Thunb.) Druce

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Pulicaria scabra

Photo: Bart Wursten
In valley below Cleveland Dam

Pulicaria scabra

Photo: Bart Wursten
In valley below Cleveland Dam

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Erect annual herb, up to 1 m, Stems usually simple below, sometimes branching above, densely silky hairy. Leaves narrowly oblong, sessile, decreasing in size towards the top of the stem. Inflorescence terminal; capitula yellow with minute ray-florets and numerous disk-florets.
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Derivation of specific name: scabra: scabrid or rough
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30.

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.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 37.

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Flora of Zambia: Pulicaria scabra
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pulicaria scabra
African Plant Database: Pulicaria scabra
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pulicaria scabra
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pulicaria scabra
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pulicaria scabra
JSTOR Plant Science: Pulicaria scabra
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pulicaria scabra
Plants of the World Online: Pulicaria scabra
Tropicos: Pulicaria scabra
Wikipedia: Pulicaria scabra


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Pulicaria scabra.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160070, retrieved 28 March 2024

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