Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Erect herb, 30-70 cm. Leaves up to 11
× 4 cm, but often smaller, varying from simple, ovate, elliptic or obovate to (more commonly) lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes auriculate; margin irregularly serrate or dentate. Capitula 10-12 × 5-8 mm, 1.5-2 times as long as broad, purple, blue, magenta, usually solitary; inner phyllaries 9-11 × 1 mm. Ovaries and achenes hairy.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160980
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Common
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160980
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
W Africa from Liberia to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and southwards to S Africa; Madagascar, Comoro and Mascarane Islands.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160980
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
