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Aster tenellus

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Name

Identification
Felicia tenella [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Aster tenellus [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Felicia tenella

Flora

Entry for ASTER tenellus Linn. [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 tenellus Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Mant. 471;—Bot. Mag. t. 33.
ASTER tenellus Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], !
ASTER dentatus Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], !
Felicia tenella DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 219.
Felicia fragilis Cass. [family COMPOSITAE]
Kaulfussia ciliata Spr. [family MARATTIACEAE]
Cineraria tenella Link. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
annual or biennial, herbaceous or at base lignescent, erect, diffuse or prostrate, simple or much branched, sparsely pilose or nearly glabrous, or glandular-pubescent; leaves narrow-linear, callous tipped, nerveless, mostly rigidly ciliate; fl. branches peduncular, one-headed; invol.-scales acute or subobtuse, margined, hispidulous or glabrous; achenes minutely pubescent. Very variable in size and pubescence. Stems 2–14 inches high. Roots either threadlike and simple, or of many robust fibres, the prostrate portions of the branches rooting at base. Lvs. 1/4 inch to 2 inches long. Pubescence hairy or glandular and viscidulous. None of the above varieties are constant to the given characters.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Damp spots throughout the western districts, common. (Hb. D., Hk., Sd., Th.)

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