Vernonia petersii Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv.

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Photo: Petra Ballings
Val D'Or, Goromonzi.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Val D'Or, Goromonzi.

Photo: Petra Ballings
Val D'Or, Goromonzi.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Hillside behind La Rochelle Hotel.

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Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

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Vumba road below Westaway/Samango Cottage.

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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare.

On old mine dump
Dunrobin Mine
Apr 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham

Kanyanja
Apr 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham

Miombo woodland
Chakwenga Copper prospect
Apr 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Protea Hill Farm
Mar 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham

Shantumbu
Apr 1992
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Chainama Hills
May 1995
Photo: Mike Bingham

An unusually compact plant showing the stages of flowering
Protea Hill Farm
Apr 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road near Khodzue Gorge Camp

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Synonyms:	Vernonia eriocephala Klatt Vernonia karongensis Baker Vernoniastrum latifolium (Steetz) H. Rob.
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Description:	Fairly robust annual herb, up to 120 cm. Stems mostly laxly branched, ribbed with appressed hairs. Leaves linear-oblong to narrowly elliptic or oblong-oblanceolate, up to c. 14 cm long, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margin subentire to shallowly serrate. Capitula numerous on long hairy stalks. Involucral bracts densely hairy. Florets pale pink to purple.
Type location:	Mozambique
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Derivation of specific name:	petersii: named after Professor Wilhelm Peters (1815-1863) of Berlin who collected in Mozambique in the early 19th century.
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Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Angola, D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia.
National distribution:	N
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 178 - 179. (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 29. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 140 - 141. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 39. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 60. Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 59 - 60.

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