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Aster hyssopifolius

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Identification
Isotype of Felicia rigidula DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Chrysocoma rigidula (DC.) Ehr.Bayer [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Grau, J., Isotype of Aster hyssopifolius P.J.Bergius [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Grau, J.,
Related name
  • Aster hyssopifolius
  • Felicia rigidula
  • Pectis ciliaris
  • Felicia zeyheri
  • Felicia hyssopifolius
  • Chrysocoma rigidula
  • Galatella sedifolia
  • Felicia hyssopifolia
  • Felicia wallichii
  • Aster trinervius
  • Aster linifolius
  • Felicia cana
  • Felicia fascicularis
  • Aster indet.

Flora

Entry for ASTER hyssopifolius Berg. [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 hyssopifolius Berg. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 287;—Less.! Syn. 175.
Information
shrubby, much branched; branches pubescent or canous; leaves linear or spathulate, flat, obtuse, thick, nerveless, spreading, strigoso-pubescent or canescent; heads peduncled, the peduncle pubescent or canous; inv.-scales acute or subobtuse, pulverulent, or canous; achenes minutely pulverulent. A much branched, at length woody and rigid, small scrub, 8–15 inches high: branches erect or widely spreading. Pubescence very variable, but never quite absent; sometimes very white and copious. Leaves commonly 1/2 inch long, varying from 3–9 or in γ, 12 lines long, 1–1 1/2 lines wide. Rays blue. Var. ζ. differs from the rest in its broader and much more obtuse invol.-scales.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Var. α. Zwartland and Groenekloof, Th.! Olifant's R., Mundt and Maire. N. West regions, Drege! Springbokkeel, Zey.! 798, 3089. β. Uitenhage and Albany, common. γ. Kommando Kraal, Zey.! δ. Grassrugg, Uit., E. Z.! Drege! Grahamstown, Burke! ε. Swellendam, E. Z. ζ. Cape, Dr. Wallich! (Hb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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