Entry for GORTERIA diffusa Thunb. [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
GORTERIA diffusaThunb. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 697;—Less. Syn. 52. DC. l. c. 501.
Information
stems diffuse, hispid; lower leaves tapering into a petiole, entire, toothed or pinnatifid, cauline sessile, entire or toothed; inv. sc. narrow-subulate, mostly mid-ribbed or needle-shaped, copiously ciliate; rays longer than the involucre. Very similar to G. personata, but with longer rays, and much more copiously ciliate, usually broader inv. scales, β. has shorter rays, but longer than in G. personata; in Mr. Wyley's specimens nearly or quite as long as in normal G. diffusa.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Western districts, Cape, Thunb.! Caledon, E. & Z.! Riv. Zondereinde, Zey.! 3018. β. Namaqualand, Drege! A. Wyley!
