Brachylaena discolor DC.
var. rotundata (S. Moore) Beentje

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Matobo Hills, Besna Kobila

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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo

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Synonyms:	Brachylaena rhodesiana S. Moore Brachylaena rotundata S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate oblong-elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, up to 15 cm long, thinly white woolly above only when young, more densely greyish or pale-brownish woolly beneath with veins prominent; margin entire or dentate towards the apex; petiole 2-7 mm long. Inflorescences in branched terminal heads of multiple capitula or in axillary spike-like inflorescences. Florets dull-yellow without rays. Achenes c. 4 mm long, c. 8-ribbed, pubescent, crowned with 4-5 mm long barbed setae.
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Derivation of specific name:	discolor: not of the same colour
Habitat:	In mixed deciduous woodland, often on rocky outcrops and sometimes on termite mounds.
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique,Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1021. As Brachylaena rotundata Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. As Brachylaena rotundata Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. As Brachylaena rotundata Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 208 - 209. as Brachylaena rotundata (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 24. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 6 - 8. As Brachylaena rotundata (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 31. as Brachylaena rotundata Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 83. As Brachylaena rhodesiana (Includes a picture).

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