Compilation
Anaxeton arborescens

23 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Anaxeton arborescens (L.) Less. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lundgren, J.,
Related name
  • Helichrysum not on sheet
  • Anaxeton arborescens
  • Gnaphalium discolorum
  • Anaxeton arboreum

Flora

Entry for ANAXETON arborescens Cass. [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
ANAXETON arborescens Cass. [family COMPOSITAE], ;—Less.! Syn. 354. DC. l. c. 268.
Gnaphalium arborescens Linn. [family COMPOSITAE]
Gnaphalium arboreum Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Th.! Cap. 645. Lam. Ill. t. 692, f. 2.
Information
flowering branches woolly, leafless at the summit; leaves linear, mucronate, patent, tomentose beneath, glabrous and glossy above; heads about 5-fl.; outer inv. scales acute, glabrous, glossy, reddish, or purple, much shorter than the oblong, obtuse, or emarginate white inner scales. A foot or 18 inches high; branches erect, or curved, virgate. Leaves 1/2–1 inch long, 1–2 lines wide, horizontally spreading or recurved, pungent, rigid. Pedunc. 1–3 inches long. Corymb much branched; outer inv. scales often purple. Achenes enveloped in long wool.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Common on the hills round Capetown and in the W. districts. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

Related Materials