Nidorella spartioides (O. Hoffm.) Cronquist

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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Conyza spartioides O. Hoffm. Marsea spartioides (O. Hoffm.) Hiern Nidorella malosana Baker Nidorella stricta O. Hoffm.
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Description:	Erect perennial, often with numerous ribbed stems up to 35 cm high growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves linear to oblong-lanceolate, up to 2 cm long, sometimes longer when protected from fire, scabrously hairy, 3-5-veined from the base; veins prominent beneath; margin entire or with a few distant teeth. Inflorescence of dense subglobose heads at the ends of branches. Capitula hemispheric, up to 5 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts up to 4.5 mm long, irrEgularly serrate. Florets yellow, c. 3.5 mm long. Achns ellipsoid, 1 mm long, hairy and sometimes glandular; pappus of 15-25 whitish barbellate setae.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
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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 103. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 32. Wild, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 71 - 72.

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