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Athroisma hastifolium

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Identification
Athroisma hastifolium Mattf. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Entry for Athroisma hastifolium Mattf. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Athroisma hastifolium Mattf. [family ], in N.B.G.B. 13: 298 (1936); T. Eriksson in J.L.S. 119: 151, t. 29 (1995). Type: Tanzania, Mbulu District: between Oldeani and Lake Manyara, Troll 5605 (B, lecto., chosen by Eriksson)
Information
Annual or perennial herb, 15–60 cm high, the base slightly woody; branches densely pubescent, usually glandular. Leaves triangular to ovate, 3–6.5 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, base truncate to almost hastate to almost attenuate, margins serrate, apex acute to acuminate, pubescent, glandular, 3-veined from base; petiole 10–25 mm. Glomerules solitary but branches close together may give an impression of 2–6 together, each 13–20 mm in diameter, with 20–40 capitula; phyllaries 3–4 mm long; paleae 4–5 mm long. Florets white or slightly pink, female florets 2, 2–2.5 mm long, glandular; disc florets 10–15, 2.5–3 mm long, glandular. Achenes ovoid to ellipsoid, 1–1.5 mm long, slightly hairy, without glands; pappus absent.
Range
DISTR. K 6; T 2 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
950–1950 m
Distribution
KENYA Masai District 48 km Magadi Road, Jan. 1933, van Someren 2468! & Ngong Hills near Kekonyokie, June 1963, Verdcourt 3664! & Kajiado to Namanga road, May 1974, Kokwaro 3430!TANZANIA Mbulu District Lake Manyara National Park, May 1961, Karani 111! & S of Msasa R., Dec. 1963, Greenway & Kirrika 11173!TANZANIA Moshi District Ngare Nairobi, July 1943, Greenway 6719!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Fourteen specimens from Tanzania, five from Kenya, but from a range of habitats; probably least concern (LC)

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