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Vernonia djalonensis

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Name

Identification
Vernonia djalonensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name);
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Flora

Entry for Vernonia djalonensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalz. [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
Vernonia djalonensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 167 (1931); Chev. Bot. 354, name only.
Information
An erect robust perennial soft-stemmed undershrub, branched above, with crowded leaves and broadly turbinate flower-heads 3/4 in. across when open; florets blue- or reddish-purple; middle and inner involucral bracts densely whitish- or yellow-woolly except at the tips, which are deep purple.
Distribution
Guin.: Fouta Djalon (Mar., Aug.-Oct.); Diaguissa to Boulivel Chev. 18043! Timbo to Ditinn Chev. 18394! Dalaba Plateau, 3,000-4,000 ft. Chev. 18568! Jac.-Fél. 2063! 7065! Adam 12666! Mali Schnell 7228!

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