Description
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Perennial, aromatic herbs. Leaves alternate, decurrent. Inflorescence of 3-6 capitula crowded together in an umbel at the ends of the branches. Florets purple. Capitula ovoid-campanulate, heterogamous; bisexual florets in the
centre of the capitulum, fewer than the outer female florets. Receptacular scales 0. Anthers minutely tailed. Style undivided or with a minute notch, with tubercle-based hairs. Achenes cylindric with 5 ribs (in ours). Pappus 0 in the female florets, of 2-3 smooth bristles in the bisexual florets or sometimes 0.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Litogyne Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1489
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- Petra Ballings
Litogyne: Brief Summary
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Litogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Litogyne gariepina.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa.
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