Entry for DISPARAGO Kraussii C. H. Sch. B. [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 KraussiiC. H. Sch. B. [family COMPOSITAE], Flora, xxvii., 693
DISPARAGO lasiocarpa b [family COMPOSITAE], Herb. Drege!
Information
leaves crowded, spreading, obtuse-mucronulate; ray-fl. neuter, without pappus, 3-lobed (white); tubular-fl. fertile with 5 plumes and a glabrous ovary. Confounded by Drege with D. lasiocarpa, of which it has the habit, but much more nearly related to D. laxifolia, though different in aspect. Leaves 1/2 a line apart, 2–3 lines long, broadly linear, spirally twisted, thinly canescent. Inv. scales yellowish horn-colour, much acuminate.