Vernonia ?
Observed in a fence row dividing a grazing pasture near Eldoret, Kenya. December 2012.
- Disc Flowers: The disc flowers are numerous. The color might be lavender but none were open at the time of these photographs.
- Ray Flowers: No ray flowers.
- Phyllaries: Several series of recurved phyllaries are stiff and protective of the enclosed florets.
- Pappus: numerous fine, white bristles atop seeds
- Leaves: The leaves are lanceolate and toothed on the margins.
- Shubby: Pushing two meters tall. The younger stems have fleshy, lengthwise ridges. Pubescence on the leaves and young stems is rusty, but also seems to catch fine, wind-blown dust and soil.
Asteraceae -- Sunflower Family -- Vernonieae
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