Geigeria africana Griess.
subsp. ornativa (O. Hoffm.) Merxm.

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Along road to Vundu Camp, Mana Pools National Park.

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Synonyms:	Geigeria ornativa O. Hoffm.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Low-growing, perennial herb, sometimes stemless but usually with an ascending stem up to 30 cm long. Stems branched, rounded below, angular, flattened and ribbed above. Leaves along the stems and some in a basal rosette, sessile and clasping at the base, narrowly oblanceolate, up to c. 10 cm long, scaberulous or almost hairless and pitted with glands on both surfaces; margin finely and shallowly toothed. Capitula solitairy in axils of leaves or branches or crowded in stemless specimens, bright yellow, c. 1 cm in diameter; involucre bracts c. 3-seriate. Ray-florets up to 1 cm long, 3-dentate at the apex.
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Derivation of specific name:	africana: African
Habitat:	In pans, dambos, mopane woodland or grassland, usually on sandy soils.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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Literature:	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 34. as Geigeria ornativa Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 57 - 59. as Geigeria ornativa subsp. ornativa

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