Entry for ATHRIXIA angustissima 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
ATHRIXIA angustissimaDC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 277
Information
stem slender, erect, slightly branched, the branches erect; leaves narrow-linear, acute, sessile, quite glabrous and smooth above, tomentose below with revolute margins; inv. scales setaceous, erect; ovaries slender, elongate, glabrous at base; pappus with interposed scales, the bristles very caducous. 4–6 inches high, probably tufted. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 1/2 line diameter, rigid, erecto-patent. Heads ending the branches, sub-peduncled, with a few scales on the peduncle, smaller than in other species, the inv. scales very narrow and bristle-pointed.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On the Witberg, 6–7000 f., Drege! (Herb. D., Hk.)
