Erigeron karvinskianus
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Vumba Botanic Garden, upper rd
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Vumba Botanic Garden, upper rd
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Erigeron mucronatus DC. |
| Common names: | Mexican fleabane (English) |
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| Description: |
Decumbent, branching, sparsely pubescent, perennial herb to 50 cm. Leaves subsessile; lamina up to 3 × 1.5 cm, 3-5-lobed, narrowly ovate, becoming smaller and narrower and less lobed above, sparsely pilose or glabrescent. Capitula c.8 mm wide, hemispheric. Phyllaries 4 mm, c. 2-seriate. Rays white, pink outside, up to 5 mm. Achenes 1-1.5 mm, ellipsoid, pilose. Pappus c. 2.5 mm. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | karvinskianus: after Baron Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin (Karvin) (1780-1855), Hungarian-born German naturalist and plant collector in Brazil and Mexico. |
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| Flowering time: | All year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Probably native to Mexico but widely naturalized in the New World and many tropical islands. |
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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 93. (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 25. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 65. Wild, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 4. Astereae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 34 - 35. |
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