Centaurea praecox
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Flowering & fruiting capitula
Serenje, Chibobo
Oct 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Flowering capitula
Mwaleshi bridge
Aug 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
Flowering capitula
Mwaleshi bridge
Aug 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
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A low growing herb with stems arising from a large branched, soft-woody rootstock. Leaves subsessile, mostly 3-4 × 0.5-1.4 cm. Capitula appearing before or with the new foliage, 1-many, borne just above ground level, solitary and terminal on short stalks. |
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Nigeria |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, D. R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; widespread in West and East Africa. |
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Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 24. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 62. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). |
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