Bothriocline inyangana N. E. Br. var. inyangana

inyangana: of Mt Nyangani

Erect shrubby perennial with annual stems 0.5-3 m tall. Stems mostly herbaceous, sometimes becoming woody below. Leaves opposite, sometimes 3-whorled, 4-20 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate, finely but roughly hairy on both surfaces; margin serrate-dentate. Inflorescence branched with many small capitula. Florets pale to deep mauve or purple.

From Tanzania and the DRC south to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique