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Helichrysum spinosum

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Identification
Gnaphalium spinosum (Sch.Bip) Sch.Bip [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mesfin,T., Helichrysum spinosum Sch.Bip [family ASTERACEAE ] Helichrysum citrispinum Delile [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Helichrysum spinosum
  • Gnaphalium spinosum
  • Helichrysum citrispinum

Flora

Entry for DICOMA diacanthoides Less. [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
DICOMA diacanthoides Less. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 279;—DC. l. c. 37.
Helichrysum spinosum Th. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 664.
Stobæa Bergeri Spr. [family ], ! Syst. 3, 394.
Information
much branched, shrubby, twigs canescent; leaves one-nerved, obovate or obovato-spathulate, tapering at base, subpetioled, the younger cobweb-tomentose above, then nearly glabrous, all tomentose beneath; outer inv. sc. widely spreading, elongate, subulate-acuminate, pungent, inner ovate, acuminate, glossy, subconcave, connivent. A coarse-growing, robust, dwarf, much-branched shrub, under 1 foot high. Lvs. and young parts hoary. Outer invol. sc. straw-colour; inner purplish, tipped with white. Leaves varying much in breadth.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Thunberg! Karroo, E. & Z.! Langekloof, Drege! Uitenhage, Dr. Alex. Prior! Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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