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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb. Leaves deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence terminal, lax. Capitula numerous. Florets orange. |
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| Habitat: | Evergreen Forest |
| Altitude range: | 1200 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | January |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania and Mt Mulanje, Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 699 - 700. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 929. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 53. |
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