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Synonyms: |
Erigeron mucronatus DC. |
Common names: | Mexican fleabane (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Introduced and naturalised |
Description: |
Decumbent, branching, sparsely pubescent, perennial herb to 50 cm. Leaves subsessile; lamina up to 3 × 1.5 cm, 3-5-lobed, narrowly ovate, becoming smaller and narrower and less lobed above, sparsely pilose or glabrescent. Capitula c.8 mm wide, hemispheric. Phyllaries 4 mm, c. 2-seriate. Rays white, pink outside, up to 5 mm. Achenes 1-1.5 mm, ellipsoid, pilose. Pappus c. 2.5 mm. |
Type location: |
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Notes: | A species of cooler, higher-rainfall areas. Abundantly naturalized around the dam by Chelinda Camp, Nyika. |
Derivation of specific name: | karvinskianus: after Baron Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin (Karvin) (1780-1855), Hungarian-born German naturalist and plant collector in Brazil and Mexico. |
Habitat: | On roadsides and margins of dams. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | All year |
Worldwide distribution: | Probably native to Mexico but widely naturalized in the New World and many tropical islands. |
National distribution: | N,C,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 5 September 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). 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. Wild, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 34 - 35. |
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