Entry for EURYOPS pectinatus Cass. [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
EURYOPS pectinatusCass. [family COMPOSITAE], ;—DC. l. c. 443.
Othonna pectinataLinn. [family COMPOSITAE], sp. 1309. Th.! Cap. 723. Bot. Mag. t. 306. Mill. ic. t. 149, f. 2.
Information
in all parts tomentose-canescent; leaves petiolate, pectinato-pinnatifid, lobes in many pairs, linear, obtuse, quite entire (or few-toothed near the apex on the outside); pedunc. terminal, twice or thrice as long as the leaves; inv. scales 12–14, lanceolate, concrete; rays equalling the involucre. A strong, ashen-grey bush, 2–3 ft. high. Leaves 2–3 inches long, including the petiole; lobes in 8–10 pairs, 1/2– 3/4 inch long, 1–1 1/2 line wide. Peduncle 3–6 inches long. Readily known by its copious, soft, whitish pubescence.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Rocks about Table Mountain, frequent. Simon's Bay, C. Wright, 342. β. at Drakensteinberg, Drege. (Herb. Th., D., Hk.)
