Entry for COTYLEDON teretifolia Thunb. [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 327, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
COTYLEDON teretifoliaThunb. [family CRASSULACEAE], ! Prod. 83;—Thunb. Cap. p. 397. DC. Prod. 3. p. 397. E. & Z.! 1965. Zey.! 2563.
Information
leaves opposite, sub-terete, elongate, acute or cuspidate, densely hirsute (or subglabrous); peduncles elongate, corymboso-paniculate; pedicels elongate; calyx and corolla hirsute; tube of the corolla not quite twice as long as the calyx, shorter than the lanceolate-acuminate limbs of the petals. Stem suffruticose, 6–8 inches high, simple or branched from the base, 3–4 lines in diameter. Leaves 4–5 inches long, 3–4 lines wide, tapering at base, except in var. β, densely covered with short, patent hairs. Peduncles 12–18 inches high, bearing a many-flowered corymb. Tube of the corolla 1/2 inch, limb 6–8 lines long. Var. β. differs only in less copiousness of pubescence.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Dry hills between Coega and Zondags River, E. & Z.! Drege! Near the Zwartkops River, both varieties, Zeyher! (Herb. Thunb., Hk., Sd., D.)
