Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
matopense: of the Matobo (Matopos) Hills, South of Bulawayo, where the type was collected
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriocaulon matopense Rendle Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112410
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb. Stems 2-20, up to 30 cm high, 5-7-ribbed. Leaves many in a basal tuft, erect, linear, 2-6 cm long. Capitula hemispherical to dome-shaped, 4.5-6.5 mm wide, pale creamy-grey; involucral bracts straw-coloured to golden.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriocaulon matopense Rendle Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112410
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Confined to Zimbabwe, on the Central Watershed from Matobo to Nyanga.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriocaulon matopense Rendle Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112410
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
