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Heliophila crithmifolia

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Identification
Heliophila crithmifolia Not on sheet. [family CRUCIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Heliophila seselifolia
  • Heliophila chamaemelifolia
  • Heliophila chamaelifolia
  • Heliophila pearsonii
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  • Heliophila laevis
  • Heliophila minima
  • Heliophila arabidea
  • Heliophila crithmifolia

Flora

Entry for HELIOPHILA crithmifolia Willd. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
HELIOPHILA crithmifolia Willd. [family CRUCIFERAE], En. 2. 682;—DC. Syst. 2. 689. Del. Ic. 2. t. 97. Sond. l. c. p. 228.
HELIOPHILA seselifolia E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 81. ex parte.
SISYMBRIUM crithmifolium Roth. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Information
herbaceous, velvetty pubescent; pods linear, one-nerved, pendulous, opaque, tipped with a very short style; leaves pinnati-partite, somewhat fleshy, the lobes 2–4 pair, subremote, semiterete, furrowed above; stamens toothless. 6–12 inches high or more. Leaves 2–3 inches long, their rachis linear, channelled, acute. Racemes elongating. Pedicels glabrous, 5–6 lines long. Fl. small, purple, or in var β. white; in var. γ. yellowish. Pods 15–20 lines long, 1 1/2–2 lines wide, valves marked with a raised, medial line. Seeds narrow margined.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In sandy fields and hillsides. Roggeveld Karroo, near Tuch river, Burchell. Oliphant's river, E. & Z. Hassagaiskloof, and R. Zonderende, Zeyher 1901 ex parte. Zilverfontein (3165) and Mieren Kasteel, Drege. Aug.-Sep. (Herb. Willd., E. Mey., Sond.; β. in Herb. T.C.D.)

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