Helichrysum petiolatum(L.) DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2013
Related name
Helichrysum petiolatum
Flora
Entry for HELICHRYSUM petiolatum DC. [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 petiolatumDC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 208
Gnaphalium petiolatumLinn. [family COMPOSITAE], non Th.
Information
stem shrubby or suffruticose, branches woolly, naked and pedunculoid at the extremity; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse or subacute, woolly-tomentose; heads in densely-branched, woolly corymbose-cymes, subglobose, glabrous; inv. scales oblong, obtuse, cream-white. Stems 2 or more feet long, flexuous, loosely branched. Petioles 1/4– 1/2 inch long, slender, clasping at base; lamina 1/2–1 inch long, 4–8 lines wide, greenish above, the nerves not obvious through the wool. Corymbs 1–2 inches across. Allied to H. crispum but with distinctly petioled, flat leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Essenbosch, Burchell, 4825. Swellendam and George, Ecklon! Sneeweberg, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
