Perdicium capenseL. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Perdicium taraxaciVahl [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Johan Lange, 1856
Related name
Perdicium capense
Perdicium taraxaci
Flora
Entry for PERDICIUM Taraxaci Vahl [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
PERDICIUM TaraxaciVahl [family COMPOSITAE], ;—DC.! l. c. 38.
leaves on both sides green, glabrous, sinuato-runcinate; achenes densely papulose, shortly beaked; pappus not much longer than the inv. scales. Leaves 2–4 in. long, short-petioled, rigid. Scape about as long as leaves. Pappus straw coloured.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Burman, Thunberg! Chamisso! Breede R., Drege! Hott. Holl., E. & Z.! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)