Elephantopus scaber L.
subsp. plurisetus (O. Hoffm.) Philipson
var. plurisetus

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Elephantopus scaber subsp. plurisetus var. plurisetus

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Kaperepeza road at start of Chisanga trail, Nyika National Park.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb. Stems to c. 1.3 m tall arising from a rosette of narrowly oblanceolate to ovate-elliptic basal leaves; cauline leaves 1-5, smaller than the basal, sessile and clasping the stem, grading into the bracts of the synflorescence. Capitula sessile, crowded into glomerules, 1.2 - 3 cm in diameter; each glomerule subtended by ovate leaf-like bracts. Florets 4 per capitulum. Phyllaries with sharp apices and membranous margins. Corolla mauve. Achenes c. 10-ribbed, minutely bristly mainly on the ribs; pappus of 7-10 objects, each scale-like below, tapering into a bristle above.
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Habitat:	Miombo woodland and wooded grassland, often in rocky places
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Friday 9 March 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 93. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 31. as Elephantopus scaber subsp. plurisetus 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 24. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. as Elephantopus scaber subsp. plurisetus Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 186 - 188. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. & Pope, G.V. (1977). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 7. Vernonieae (excluding Vernonia). Kirkia 10(2) Pages 341 - 342.

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