Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Slender or bushy erect annual herb, up to 80 cm tall, or procumbent perennial with trailing stems to 1.2 m long. Leaves opposite, becoming alternate on the upper stem, sessile, linear-elliptic, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, up to 8 × 2 cm, sparsely, somewhat bristly hairy above, densely matted with silvery-white appressed T-shaped hairs below; margin entire. Capitula numerous, small, in cymose clusters. Involucral bracts numerous, green, bristle-tipped. Florets discoid, mauve to purple. Pappus 0.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Gutenbergia leiocarpa O. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=158000
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Gutenbergia leiocarpa O. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=158000
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
