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Emilia hockii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Senecio hockii De Wild. & Muschl. Senecio rogersii S. Moore |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, up to 30 cm tall, growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves mostly basal, sessile, somewhat fleshy, grey-green, narrowly obovate-elliptic, up to 5 cm long. Scapes 1-4 with single-headed terminal capitula. Involucre cylindrical, 11-14 mm long and c. 5.5 mm in diameter. Ray-florets absent. Disc florets yellow to orange, 7-11 mm long. Achenes c. 5 mm long, hairy, with a pappus 7-9 mm long. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | hockii: named after A. Hock, who collected the type specimen in Congo in 1911. |
| Habitat: | In regularly burned grassland, along roadsides and in cultivated fields. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2250 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | CAR, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 2 March 2025 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 579 - 580. 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. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 912. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Emilia hockiiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Emilia hockii
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