Pseudoconyza viscosa (Mill.) D'Arcy

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Synonyms:	Blumea aurita (L.f.) DC. Blumea viscosa (Mill.) V.M. Badillo Conyza aurita L.f. Conyza viscosa Mill. Laggera aurita (L.f.) Sch. Bip. ex C.B. Clarke
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Status:	Native or possibly introduced
Description:	Aromatic, sticky herb to 60 cm tall. Stems interruptedly winged. Leaves up to c. 10 × 3 cm, usually much smaller; lowermost obovate or elliptic, sessile or with a winged petiole, coarsely serrate, sometimes pinnatifid, membranous; cauline obovate, coarsely toothed to pinnatifid; base sessile with narrowly ovate auricles. Inflorescence a lax terminal panicle. Peduncles slender, straight, not arching over. Capitula c. 0.8 cm long. Outer female florets whitish with pinkish-purple tips; inner bisexual florets pinkish-purple.
Notes:	Not recorded for Malawi in Kirkia 7-1: 129 (Wild, 1969).
Derivation of specific name:	viscosa: viscid, sticky
Habitat:	Usually in moist places, such as riverine vegetation, but also a weed of cultivation and invader of bare ground.
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Flowering time:	Aug-Sep
Worldwide distribution:	A widespread species in the tropics and subtropics
Malawi distribution:	N,C
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Content last updated:	Monday 24 September 2018
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 29. 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 34. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 35. (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 24. as Blumea viscosa Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 32. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 37. Wild, H. (1968-9). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 2. Inuleae (in part). Kirkia 7(1) Pages 128 - 129. as Blumea aurita

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