Emilia abyssinica
abyssinica
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Basset Crescent, Alexandra Park, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Senecio abyssinicus Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich. Senecio bellidiflorus A. Rich. Senecio quartinianus Aschers. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender erect, annual herb up to 1 m tall but usually smaller, more or less pubescent and sometimes blueish-green. Leaves sessile, spathulate or oblanceolate, 1-8.5 cm long, pale green, sometimes purplish or blue-green beneath; margin more or less coarsely sinuate-dentate. Capitula 1-12 in a lax to dense terminal head; involucre 4-6.5 mm long, hairless, green. Ray florets, 4-8, yellow, 1.5-2.5 mm long, 4-veined. Disc florets yellow to orange, 3-4 mm long. Achenes 1-2.5 mm long, shortly hairy; pappus 3-4 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mar-May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Endemic status: | |
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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 575 - 576. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 34. As Senecio abyssinicus Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Pages 125 - 126. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Pages 911 - 912. 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 24. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 64. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. As Emilia abyssinica |
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