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Vernonia eylesii S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Vernonia

Characteristics

Capitula in ± dense 2–15-capitulate clusters at the ends of branches; stalks up to c. 5 mm. long, densely pubescent Involucre c. 5 mm. long, campanulate; phyllaries imbricate, increasing in length to inside, shortly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent apex dark-tipped.
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Leaves subsessile, up to 4 x 1.5 cm., elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute minutely mucronate, base broadly cuneate, margin entire to serrate-dentate, upper surface hispid-pubescent, lower surface pubescent, minutely glandular.
Achenes obconic-cylindric, obscurely 4–5-ribbed, appressed-setulose; outer pappus of narrow short scales; inner of whitish barbellate setae 5–6 mm. long.
A branching subshrub c. 1.5 m. tall; stems brownish-purple, branches stiffly spreading-pubescent.
Corollas purple, c. 9 mm. long, narrowly funnel-shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Distribution

Vernonia eylesii world distribution map, present in Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:258339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000125384
COL ID 5B4WQ
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Synonyms

Vernonia eylesii
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