Pope, G.V. (1992) Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1)
Perennial herbs with annual stems from a woody rootstock; stems many, densely leafy, with flagelliform hairs. Leaves alternate or opposite, glandular-punctate. Capitula homogamous; involucre with several series of phyllaries; receptacle flat. Corolla regularly 5-lobed, with hairy lobes; anthers with wide hyaline appendage and short tails; style branches subulate, hairy on outside. Achenes 4–5-angled, truncate at apex, glandular; pappus of lacerate scales or of alternating scales and setae. Worldwide: 2 species in eastern and south-central Africa. DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| katangense Lisowski [End] | ||
| lejolyanum (Adamska & Lisowski) Kalanda [End] |