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Lamprachaenium

Lamprachaenium microcephalum

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

small purple perrenial, thick, fuzzy leaves

Habitat:

high altitude grasslands, 3700m, near the summit of mount cameroon

Notes:

spotted this growing beside Hut #3 at 3742m (12,300') on the trail to the summit of Mount Cameroon, the highest peak in west Africa. it is an active volcano that had erupted a few years before I was there. there was't much else growing besides grass

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Comments (3)

In India its famous as Ayurvedic medical plant. We call it in Marathi- Brahmadandi. (Amazing stick) Put name as Lamprachaenium
I think you're right but I can hardly find any info online. Any idea on common name? How did you ID it?
Lamprachaenium microcephalum
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PublishedApril 22, 2011

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