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Gnaphalium undulatum

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Identification
Gnaphalium undulatum L. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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  • Gnaphalium undulatum

Flora

Entry for GNAPHALIUM undulatum 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 undulatum Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. 1197;—Less. Syn. 331. DC. l. c. 226. Dill. Elth. t. 108. f. 130.
Information
stem herbaceous, tall, erect, branched above, cobwebbed; leaves decurrent, lance-linear, green and scabrous above, white-woolly beneath; heads tufted, sessile, the tufts numerous, in a much branched, corymbose panicle; heads 30–40-fl.; inv. scales glabrous, pale yellowish, oblong, obtuse or subacute. Stem 1–2 ft. high, almost woody at base. Leaves 1 1/2 inch long, 2–3 lines wide, acute, their base decurrent as a wing to the stem. Panicle much branched. Heads 2 lines long. Achenes minutely granulated. Female fl. numerous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Caledon, Swell., Uitenhage and Albany, E. & Z.! Paarl, Drege! Natal, Drege! Gerr. and M‘K. No. 260. Zwartkops R., Zey.! 2883. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd., Th.)

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