Vernonia wollastonii S.Moore

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Tessa's Pool, Chimanimani

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Synonyms:	Vernonia gracilipes S. Moore Vernonia transvaalensis S. Moore Vernonia umbratica Oberm.
Common names:	Forest vernonia (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	A rather lax scrambling shrub. Leaves alternate to sub-opposite, elliptic, up to 14 cm long, dark green above, paler below, thinly textured, mostly hairless except for some scattered hairs below; veining distinctly sunken above, raised below; margin with sharply forward pointing teeth. Capitula in lax terminal heads, pale mauve, pink or violet.
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Derivation of specific name:	wollastonii: named after A.F.R. Wollaston, explorer of the Ruwenzori Mts on the border of Uganda and DR Congo in 1906
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Flowering time:	Aug - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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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 1029. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. As Vernonia umbratica 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 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 79 - 80. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 61. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90.

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