Helichrysum lepidissimum S. Moore
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Saddle between Mt Pheza and Point 70, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Mt Pheza and Point 70, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Mt Pheza and Point 70, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Mt Pheza and Point 70, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Saddle between Mt Pheza and Point 70, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhandore plateau, Mt Gorongosa
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Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
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Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near tunnel of mine site, Mt Buchwa
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Near tunnel of mine site, Mt Buchwa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near tunnel of mine site, Mt Buchwa
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Helichrysum gazense S. Moore Helichrysum mimetes S. Moore
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Native |
Description:
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Much-branched, densely leafy, shrubby perennial. Leaves up to 2.5 × 1 cm, broadly elliptic to lanceolate or almost round, coarsely hairy above, greyish-white hairy below, sometimes tinged yellowish. Capitula in dense terminal heads up to 6 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts pale straw-coloured to dirty white, c. 5-seriate, up to 4 mm long. Florets yellow. |
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On rocky slopes and ridges in submontane grassland and bracken scrub. |
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Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30.
Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 204 - 205. (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 26.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Helichrysum lepidissimum. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159690, retrieved 2 April 2025
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