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Felicia muricata
muricata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Odzani rd, Honde Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Khami road at turn-off to Chesa Forest Land, Umguza District.
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| Synonyms: |
Aster muricatus Thunb. Aster villosus Thunb. Felicia frutescens R.E. Fr. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or small subshrub, up to 20 cm, much branched and woody at the base. Leaves needle-like in tufts along the stems. Capitula terminal; disc flowers yellow, surrounded by numerous white ray flowers. The ray flowers are often rolled up in older capitula (image 2). |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | muricata: muricate (rough, with sharp tubercles or protuberances) |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland. |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, Free State, North-West, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SW,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 30 June 2018 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. In error as Felicia muricata cinerascens Grau, J. & Lippert, W. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 11. Astereae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 4 - 5. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 67. (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 25. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 210 - 211. as Felicia muricata (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 33. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 40 - 41. (Includes a picture). |
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