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Euryops multifidus

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Name

Identification
Euryops multifidus (Thunb.) DC. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for EURYOPS multifidus DC. [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 multifidus DC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 444
Othonna multifida Linn. f. [family COMPOSITAE], Th.! Cap. 722.
Information
glabrous, much branched, flexuous; leaves linear-filiform to beyond their middle, at the apex 3–5 or many-fid, the lobes linear, simple or bifid; pedunc. axillary, numerous, about twice as long as the leaves; inv. scales 6–7, broadly ovate, membrane-edged; rays 5–7; achenes very villous. A strong, shrubby, ramulous bush, a foot or more in height. Leaves 1/2–1 1/2 inches long, their lobes 2–6 lines long, sometimes pedatifid. Pedunc. slender, 1–1 1/2 inches long. Heads small. Inv. scales broad, and less concrete than in most. Achenes clothed with copious, very long hairs.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Carroo, Drege! Mundt.! Herrelogement, Zey.! 959. Namaqualand, A. Wyley! Thaba Bossieu, in Basuta Land, and in Albert, T. Cooper! 736, 567. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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