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Vernonia amoena is a species of annual, flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Zambia and Zimbabwe. It grows up to 110 cm (43 in) tall. The leaves are sessile, growing 4 to 15 cm (1.6 to 5.9 in) long and 1 to 6 cm (0.39 to 2.36 in) across. The flowers may be blueish purple or white.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vernonia amoena by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
