Isotype of Caidbeja adhaerensForssk. [family URTICACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Forsskaolea tenacissimaL. [family URTICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper (Kew), 1984
Related name
Forsskaolea indet.
Forsskaolea tenacissima
Caidbeja adhaerens
Flora
Entry for FORSSKAOLEA tenacissima L. [family URTICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Annual or probably mostly perennial herb with branching annual stems from a woody rootstock, up to 40 cm tall; branches hispid with spiny or hooked hairs and a softer tomentum in between. Leaves: stipules lanceolate, up to c. 2 mm long; petiole not clearly defined, c. 0.3–1 cm long; blade obovate or rhomboid, 1–3 x 0.8–2 cm, hispid to glabrescent above, white tomentose below, cystoliths usually not visible, base cuneate, margin entire basally, serrate or crenate in the upper half, apex rounded or acute. Inflorescences two or more together in the leaf axils; involucral bracts (4–)5–6(–7), lanceolate, up to 0.5 x 0.15 cm, densely covered by long woolly hairs. Male flowers up to 10, club-shaped in bud. Female flowers up to c. 5. Achene ovoid, brownish.
