Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
abyssinicum: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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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 abyssinicum Hochst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112310
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Small tufted annual herb. Stems slender, 2-12 cm long, 3-4-ribbed. leaves few, up to 5 cm long, light green. Capitula spherical to ovoid, 2-3 mm wide, grey to blackish; involucral bracts usually paler.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriocaulon abyssinicum Hochst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Ethiopia to South Africa and West to Botswana and Namibia. Also in northern Nigeria.
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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 abyssinicum Hochst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=112310
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
