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Sphaeranthus hirtus

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Name

Identification
Sphaeranthus hirtus Willd. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C. L. Willdenow,
Related name
  • Sphaeranthus hirtus
  • Sphaeranthus senegalensis
  • Sphaeranthus angolensis
  • Sphaeranthus variabilis
  • Sphaeranthus polycephalus

Flora

Entry for Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC. [family COMPOSITAE], Prod. 5: 370 (1836); Ross-Craig l.c. 25, t. 3502B; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 170.
Sphaeranthus hirtus [family COMPOSITAE], of F.T.A3: 334; Holl3: 384; ChevBot365, not of Willd
Sphaeranthus lecomteanus O. Hoffm. & Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], (1910)-ChevBot365.
Information
A branched annual herb 1-3 ft. high or half-decumbent; softly whitish-hairy; flower-heads reddish-purple about 1/3-1/2 in. across.
Range
tropical Asia
Distribution
Sen.: Perrottet! Roger! Brunner 113! Farmar 130! Labgehar (Feb.) Roberty 16791! Dakar (May) Baldwin 5702!Gam.: Brown- Lester N2! S8! Ozanne! Pirie 31! Basse (Mar.) Told 11! Genieri (Feb.) Fox 55!Mali: Sienso, near San (June) Chev. 1042! Bamako (Apr.) Hagerup 26!Guin.: Heudelot 771!Ghana: Dedoro-Tankara, near Navrongo (Dec.)Dah.: Poisson!N. Nig.: Kano (Nov.) Hagerup 623! Kontagora (Nov.) Datz. 189!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
N. Rhodesia
Notes
[Note: Morton GC 8796 from Lumbunga, Tamale, Ghana, bears a close resemblance to S, gazaensis Bremek., but it may be merely a regrowth on recently burnt-over ground from persistent stocks of S. senegalensis-C. D. A.]

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