''Cabobanthus polysphaerus'' is a plant in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...

, native to tropical Africa.

Description

''Cabobanthus polysphaerus'' grows as a herb, measuring up to tall. The

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

leaves are oblong and measure up to long. The capitula feature about 5 purple flowers. The fruits are

achenes An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not op ...

Distribution and habitat

''Cabobanthus polysphaerus'' is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola and Zambia. Its habitat is in bushland to an altitude of .

References

Vernonieae Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Tanzania Flora of Angola Flora of Zambia Plants described in 1927 {{Asteraceae-stub