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Geigeria zeyheri

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Name

Identification
Geigeria burkei Harv. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Geigeria zeyheri Harv. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Geigeria burkei
  • Geigeria zeyheri

Flora

Entry for GEIGERIA Zeyheri Harv. [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
GEIGERIA Zeyheri Harv. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
stem shrubby, branched at base; branches erect, simple or cymose at the summit, rufo-tomentulose, leafy throughout; leaves alternate, sessile, linear-involute, nerve-keeled, impressdotted, glabrous; heads terminal, solitary, sessile, subtended by many leaves; fimbrils setaceous; outer inv.-scales short and broad, with short, leafy-tips, inner lanceolate, acute, spreading, subpungent; outer pappus of oblong, blunt, inner of bristle-pointed scales. Very like G. Burkei, but the leaves are involute; the fl.-heads smaller; and the inner inv.-scales broader and less acuminate. Stems 12–18 inches high; leaves 2–3–4 inches long, not 1/2 line wide. Young stems slightly tomentulose.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Magalisberg, Burke & Zeyher! Zey.! 915, ex pte. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

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