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Brunia nodiflora

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Name

Identification
Brunia nodiflora L. [family CUPRESSACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Brunia nodiflora
  • Berzelia squarrosa
  • Brunia tulbaghica

Flora

Entry for BRUNIA nodiflora Linn. [family BRUNIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 309, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
BRUNIA nodiflora Linn. [family BRUNIACEAE], spec. p. 288;—Berg.! cap. p. 54. Thunb.! fl. cap. p. 205. Brogn. l. c. p. 17, E. & Z.! No. 1062. Wendl. coll. t. 35.
Information
leaves lanceolate-subulate, trigonal, acute, smooth, incurved, closely imbricate; heads of flowers globose, size of a cherry, on the top of the branches. Shrub 2–3 feet high, much-branched, branches greyish-brown, smooth; branchlets often verticillate, leafy. Leaves on the branches 1 line long. Heads villous-tomentose. Bracteolæ spathulate, villous. Calyx very villous, segments longer than the tube. Petals bicristate at base, limb patent. Stamens unequal, 2 much longer. Fruit coriaceous, indehiscent.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Dry, elevated places near Capetown, and in the districts of Caledon, Stellenbosch, Swellendam, Worcester, and Uitenhage, April-Dec. (Herb. Hm. Th. Sd. &c.)

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