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Athanasia flexuosa

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Athanasia flexuosa Thunb. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by M. Kallersjo, Isotype of Athanasia tomentella Hutch. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by M. Kallersjo,
Related name
  • Athanasia tomentella
  • Athanasia oligocephala
  • Athanasia crenata
  • Athanasia flexuosa
  • Athanasia ebracteata
  • Athanasia glabrescens
  • Athanasia sertulifera

Flora

Entry for ATHANASIA flexuosa Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ATHANASIA flexuosa Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 634, non DC.
ATHANASIA affinis Sond. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hb.
Information
much-branched, glabrous, flexuous; leaves linear-flattish, mucronulate or obtuse, scattered or somewhat crowded; corymb slightly compound, fastigiate, loosely many-headed; heads ovoid, 25–35-fl.; inv. scales appressed, oblong, obtuse, shorter than disc; achenes angled and furrowed; pappus of many jointed, swollen hairs. With much of the habit of A. filiformis this has shorter, broader, and flatter leaves, and larger flower-heads. Leaves scarcely uncial, 1 line wide.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Thunberg! Olifant's R. and Nieuweveld, Driefontein, Zeyher! 843. (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

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