Derivation of specific name
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monocephalum: one-headed
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Osteospermum monocephalum (Oliv. & Hiern) Norl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161670
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb, up to 70 cm. Leaves grey-green, sessile or with very short petioles, glandular hairy, oblong-elliptic; margin toothed. Capitula solitary, terminal on stems and branches, yellow, usually tinged with purple on the back. Fruits nodding on the long peduncles, triangular, winged, flushed with purple when fresh.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Osteospermum monocephalum (Oliv. & Hiern) Norl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161670
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Frequent
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Osteospermum monocephalum (Oliv. & Hiern) Norl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161670
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Rhodogastria amasis (Tri-coloured tiger)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Osteospermum monocephalum (Oliv. & Hiern) Norl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161670
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
