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Amphiglossa triflora

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Name

Identification
Amphiglossa triflora DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A.P. de Candolle,
Related name
  • Helichrysum armatum
  • Pterothrix spinescens
  • Amphiglossa triflora

Flora

Entry for PTEROTHRIX spinescens 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
PTEROTHRIX spinescens DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 280
Amphiglossa triflora DC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 258.
Information
many-stemmed; stems much-branched and twiggy, suberect or divaricate, the upper twigs often spinous; leaves linear, convolute, mucronulate, scattered; heads 3–5-fl.; inner inv. scales acute or obtuse, rufous. Also A dwarf shrublet, 6–8 inches high, tufted; branches and especially the spinous upper twigs widely spreading. Leaves 3–5 lines long. Heads, even in Drege's specimens of “ Amph. triflora ,” as often 4-fl. as not, and sometimes 5-fl. Inv. scales variable, sometimes very obtuse.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the Gariep and at Litaku, Burchell, Cat. 1845. Zwartekey, on the flats, Drege! Brack River, Burke & Zey.! Zey.! 907. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

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