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Much-branched erect perennial herb, up to 60 cm. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate to oblanceolate, up to 50 × 3.5 mm, with appressed rough hairs or glandular. Capitula solitary at the ends of branches on peduncles up to 2 cm long, covered with rough stalked glands. Involucral bracts 3-4-seriate, greenish, outer shortest, with roughish glands; inner up to 3.5 mm long. Ray-florets c. 25, pale mauve, 5.5 × 1 mm. Disk-florets numerous, yellow. See subsp. transvaalensis for comparison. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Grau, J. & Lippert, W. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 11. Astereae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Page 3. 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 25. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 33. |
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