Isotype of Amellus microglossusDC. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Amellus microglossus
Amellus nanus
Flora
Entry for AMELLUS microglossus 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
AMELLUS microglossusDC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 215
Information
annual, diffusely much branched, pilose with long, spreading hairs; leaves linear-spathulate, subobtuse, narrowed at base, very entire, pubescent, invol.-scales infolded, acuminate, squarrose, hispid at back; rays very small and narrow; achenes of the ray pubescent, of the disc thick-edged, ciliate, central ones abortive. Readily known by its very small ray-florets. Leaves 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–3 lines wide, roughly pubescent. Heads on short branches, leafy nearly to the summit. Pappus very deciduous, shorter than the flowers; corona persistent.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Olifant's R., and Zilverfontein, Little Namaqualand, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
