Osteospermum imbricatumL. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Osteospermum helichrysoidesDC. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
Osteospermum helichrysoides
Osteospermum imbricatum
Flora
Entry for OSTEOSPERMUM helichrysoides DC. [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
OSTEOSPERMUM helichrysoidesDC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 466
Information
“subherbaceous, erect, simple, corymbose at the summit, stem and leaves clothed with copious, long, silky hairs; leaves sessile, erect, imbricate, linguæform, quite entire, delicately 3–5-nerved, mucronate, at length glabrate; pedunc. long, gland-hispid; inv. sc. oval-lanceolate, acute; rays about 8; achenes subterete, transversely ridge-furrowed, 2–3-angled, the angles small, with very narrow wings.” DC. l. c. “1 1/2–2 ft. high; lower leaves 4 in. long, 8–10 l. wide.” DC.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Omsamculo and Natal, Drege. (Unknown to me.)