Entry for DISPARAGO ericoides Gaertn. [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
DISPARAGO ericoidesGaertn. [family COMPOSITAE], ;—Less.! Syn. p. 363. DC.! l. c. 257.
Information
leaves crowded, spreading, aristate; ray-flower female; achene glabrous; pappus of both flowers 5-plumed; paleæ between the flowers. A small, much branched, densely leafy shrub. Leaves 2–3 lines long, spirally twisted, closely set, involute, tipped with a longish bristle. Heads crowded, very many together in globose or oblong tufts or spikes. Inv. scales horny, taper-pointed. Ray-fl. shortly and broadly ligulate, purple.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern Districts, common. Zey.! 2919, 2921, 2922. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
