Geigeria filifolia Mattf.

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Borrowdale Common, Harare

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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo.

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Synonyms:	Geigeria africana Griess. subsp. filifolia (Mattf.) Merxm. Geigeria passerinoides (L'Hér.) Harv.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Low-growing, almost stemless perennial herb. Leaves in a basal rosette, sessile, filiform, 7-14 cm long, purplish near the base, scabrid and often glandular. Capitula clustered at the base of the leaf rosettes, bright yellow. Ray-florets up to 7 mm, 3-dentate at the apex.
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Derivation of specific name:	filifolia: with very long and narrow, strap-shaped or filiform leaves.
Habitat:	In various types of grassland, vleis and floodplains.
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and North-West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State, South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	N,SE
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 18. 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. as Geigeria africana subsp. filifolia Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 32. as Geigeria plumosa Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 34. as Geigeria filifolia Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 56 - 57.

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