9195.000 Aspilia Thouars

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, very rough to the touch (in ours). Capitula terminal, solitary or in lax racemes, sometimes axillary, radiate, yellow, white, lilac or purple. Phyllaries 2-3-seriate. Receptacular scales clasping the florets, narrowly oblong to obovate. Achenes obovoid, bilaterally flattened, pubescent. Pappus a laciniate cupule, often with 2 barbellate setae in addition.

Derivation of name: from Greek: a meaning without, spilos, a spot or blemish, hence spotless.

Malawi: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv. var. kotschyi	C,S	Description, Image
kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv. var. alba Berhaut	N	Description, Image
mendoncae Wild	C,S
mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild	N,S	Description, Image
natalensis (Sond.) Wild	N,S	Image
pluriseta Schweinf. subsp. gondensis (O. Hoffm.) Wild	C	Description
pluriseta Schweinf. subsp. pluriseta	N,C	Description, Image

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