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Galenia africana

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Name

Identification
Galenia africana L. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Galenia linearis
  • Galenia filiformis
  • Galenia africana
  • Galenia ferruginea

Flora

Entry for GALENIA Africana Linn. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
GALENIA Africana Linn. [family AIZOACEAE], Spec. 515
GALENIA linearis Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE], ! fl. cap. p. 384. Sieb. herb. fl. cap. n. 351. Herb. Un. itin. n. 309. Zeyh. 2638.
Information
glabrous, fruticose, erect; branches and leaves opposite; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, carinate above, subfleshy; flowers sessile, disposed in a terminal, dichotomous, large panicle. Stem 3 feet and more high. Branches woody, terete, greyish, erect, ultimate subfiliform, virgate. Leaves mostly crowded, 1 inch long, 1 line wide, sometimes longer, in the branches shorter and narrower. Panicle often very large. Flowers 1/2 line long, equalling the bracts, rarely shorter.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Fields and among shrubs in the Cape Flats, Hottentottsholland, Breede-rivierspoort in Wupperthal, and in the distr. of Uitenhage; var. β. in Langevalei and on Tarkariver. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.)

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