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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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