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Helichrysum gerrardi

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Name

Identification
Helichrysum stenopterum DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hilliard,O.M.&Burtt,B.L., Isotype of Helichrysum gerrardi Harv. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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  • Helichrysum gerrardi
  • Helichrysum stenopterum

Flora

Entry for HELICHRYSUM Gerrardi 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
HELICHRYSUM Gerrardi Harv. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
stem erect, branching, laxly leafy, glabrous and striate, smooth; branches long; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base, with revolute margins, quite smooth and even on the upper, glabrous on both surfaces, all 3-nerved, decurrent at base into a long, narrow stem wing; infl. corymboso-cymose; heads (not mature) crowded, sessile, few-fl.; inv. glabrous, glossy, its scales erect, oblong, obtuse, lemon-yellow. Very like H. stenopterum, but quite glabrous, with perfectly smooth (not scabrous) upper surfaces of leaf. Flowers not seen.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Nototi, Natal, W. T. Gerrard! 1001. (Herb. D.)

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