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Aster filifolius

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Identification
Aster filifolius Vent. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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  • Aster filifolius

Flora

Entry for ASTER muricatus Less. [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
ASTER muricatus Less. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Syn. 176
ASTER filifolius Zey. [family COMPOSITAE], !
Information
shrubby, erect, much branched, thinly hispid or glabrescent; leaves linear-terete, furrowed above, spreading, obtuse, callous tipped, entire, either glabrous or sprinkled with hairs or ciliate with rigid bristles; axils often bearing leaf-tufts, heads peduncled; invol. scales acute, linear, minutely glandular or glabrous; achenes puberulous. A small, slender shrublet, 3–8 inches high. Leaves 3–8 lines long, very slender, conspicuously channelled. Pedunc. 2–3 inches long, glabrous or puberulous. Inv. scales flattish. Variable chiefly in its pubescence.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Carroo places in Uitenhage, Albany, and Br. Caffraria, Krebs, E. Z.! Drege! &c. β. Modder River Spruit, Burke and Zeyher! γ. Cape, E.Z.! Zuureberg, Zey.! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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