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Athanasia palmatifida

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Name

Identification
Athanasia crithmifolia L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Athanasia palmatifida DC. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Athanasia hameri
  • Athanasia crithmifolia
  • Athanasia palmatifida

Flora

Entry for ATHANASIA palmatifida 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
ATHANASIA palmatifida DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 89
Information
all parts densely clothed with soft, short, silky hairs; leaves densely imbricating, broadly linear to the middle, then palmately cleft, the medial lobe linear, entire, the lateral lobes deeply bifid, all callous-mucronate; corymb (undeveloped) many-headed; heads many-fl., globose, hirsute, (fl. not seen). A remarkable species, densely tomentose in all parts. Leaves about uncial, the undivided portion 1/2 inch long, 1–1 1/2 line wide; the lobes about as long, and 1/2 line wide; margins slightly recurved. The inflorescence in the only specimen I have seen is only about half-opened, the corymb being half hidden among the uppermost leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Gnadenthal, in clefts of mountain rocks, 2–3000 feet, Drege! (Herb. Sd.)

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