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Dimorphotheca pluvialis

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Name

Identification
Dimorphotheca pluvialis (L.) Moench [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Flora

Entry for DIMORPHOTHECA annua Less. [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
DIMORPHOTHECA annua Less. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Syn. 257
DIMORPHOTHECA pluvialis Moench. [family COMPOSITAE], Meth. 585, DC. l. c. 70, and
DIMORPHOTHECA hybrida DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c.
Calendula decurrens Th. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 703.
Calendula hybrida L. [family COMPOSITAE], Th.! Cap. 704. Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 39.
Calendula pluvialis Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Th.! Cap. 704. Schk. Handb. t. 264.
Meteorina gracilipes Cass. [family ], Mill. Ic. t. 79. f. 2, and t. 75. f. 1.
Meteorina crassipes Cass. [family ], Mill. Ic. t. 79. f. 2, and t. 75. f. 1.
Information
annual, erect or diffuse, simple or branched, scabrid with jointed and gland-tipped hairs; leaves narrow-oblong or obovate-oblong, tapering much to the base, sinuate-toothed, pilose, the upper small and narrow; pedunc. terminal, in fruit cernuous; outer disc-fl. fertile, inner sterile; disc-achenes with smooth margin; ray-ach. much tuberculated. Very variable in size and ramification. Leaves 1–3 inches long, mostly spathulato-obovate, variably hairy or rough, bluntly toothed or incised. Pedunc. 2–3 inches long, at first cylindrical, afterwards swelling upwards under the head and finally nodding. Disc-fl. with taper-pointed, glabrous lobes. Anthers dark-coloured, blue or purple. Rays uncial, white above, purple beneath, minutely 3-toothed.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Western districts, in sandy soil, common. Simon's Bay, C. Wright! 389. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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