Entry for GNAPHALIUM luteo-album 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
GNAPHALIUM luteo-albumLinn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. 1196;âDC. l. c. 230. E. Bot. t. 1002. Fl. Dan. t. 1763.
Information
annual, herbaceous, variably woolly or cottony; stem tall, erect, subsimple or diffusely branched; lower leaves obovate or oblongo-spathulate, tapering at base, obtuse, cauline half-clasping, linear or lance-linear, acute, with subrecurved margin; heads tufted, the tufts either clustered at the ends of the branches or disposed in cymes or panicles; inv. scales scarious-hyaline, straw-colour, obtuse or subacute. Very variable in size and woolliness. Stems 6 inches to 2 ft. high, the taller ones weak and straggling. Leaves 1â1 1/2 inch long, 2â4 lines wide. Heads several in a tuft, each head 2 1/2 lines long. Inv. scales glossy and very thin.
Range
A widely dispersed plant, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, St. Helena and Brazil.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern Districts and Natal, frequent. Zey.! 2885. (Hb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)
