Common names: blue bitter-tea, eared bitter-tea, blue vernonia, eared vernonia, poison tree-vernonia, wild lilac (Eng.); bloubittertee, bosbloutee (Afr.); uhluhlung
Family: Asteraceae
... heads into bundles of attractive, fluffy white seed heads. Gymnanthemum myrianthum occurs naturally in South Africa, ... Kenya, usually as a secondary pioneer in disturbed ground. Gymnanthemum myrianthum flower heads are visited by ... The alien invasive Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed) resembles Gymnanthemum myrianthum , as both are tall, softwood shrubs ...
05 / 12 / 2016 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG
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