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Ethulia gracilis

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Name

Identification
Ethulia gracilis Delile [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ethulia gracilis
  • Ethulia conyzoides

Flora

Entry for ETHULIA conyzoides Linn. [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
ETHULIA conyzoides Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. 1171;—DC. l. c. 12.
ETHULIA Kraussii Sch. B. [family COMPOSITAE], ! in Walp. Rep. 2, p. 945.
ETHULIA gracilis DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
ETHULIA angustifolia Boj. [family COMPOSITAE], !
Information
closely puberulous; branches corymbose, somewhat spreading; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, distantly serrated towards the summit. 2 or more feet high, thinly clothed with minute hairs. Stem and branches furrowed. Leaves pellucid-dotted, 2–3 inches long, in the Natal specimens seldom 1/2 inch wide, tapering to both extremities. Corymb densely much branched; flower-heads 2 lines across. Fl. purple, fading to white. A common weed in the tropics of Asia and Africa. The leaves vary somewhat in breadth and serratures, whence the 4 sp. of the authors above quoted.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Common about Port Natal. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk., &c.)

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