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Vernonia adoensis[Agg]
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
Photo: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Baccharoides adoensis (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. Vernonia integra S. Moore |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herbaceous or soft-wooded shrub. Leaves broadly lanceolate to oblong-elliptic; margins strongly undulate and serrate with sharp teeth. Capitula solitary along the branches. Florets mostly tubular, white, sometimes tinged with mauve. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | adoensis: from Aden, Arabia |
| Habitat: | In miombo woodland and wooded grassland, often near streams. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 109. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 41. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Vernonia adoensis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia adoensisAfrican Plant Database: Vernonia adoensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vernonia adoensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vernonia adoensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vernonia adoensis
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iNaturalist: Vernonia adoensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vernonia adoensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Vernonia adoensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia adoensis
Plants of the World Online: Vernonia adoensis
Tropicos: Vernonia adoensis
Wikipedia: Vernonia adoensis
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