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Denekia capensis

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Identification
Denekia capensis Thunb. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for DENEKIA Capensis Thunb. [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
DENEKIA Capensis Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], Prodr. 177;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 665. DC. l. c. 462.
Selloa Capensis Spr. [family ], Syst. 3, p. 496.
Information
leaves green above, canescent-tomentose beneath, subentire or here-and-there toothed. Stems from a perennial root, ascendent-erect, 6–18 inches high, leafy. Radical and lower leaves 5–6 inches long, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, tapering to the base and subpetiolate; cauline amplexicaul, oblong or ovate, sometimes subruncinate, the young ones cobwebby above, all white beneath. Corymbs pedunculate, very dense. Heads 1 1/2 lines across. Invol. and pedicels glandular.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Wet spots in the Langekloof, Thunb.! Eastern Districts, Kaffraria, and Natal, E. Z.! Drege! Bowker, Sanderson, Gerr. & M‘K. 268. Zey.! 901, 902. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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