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Heliophila subulata

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Identification
Heliophila subulata Burch. ex DC. [family CRUCIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Heliophila natalensis
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  • Heliophila suavissima
  • Heliophila subulata

Flora

Entry for HELIOPHILA subulata Burch. [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 subulata Burch. [family CRUCIFERAE], Cat. 6214;—DC. Syst. 2. p. 691. Sond. l. c. p. 250 t. 26.
HELIOPHILA subulata E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 83 & 84. Zeyher 1910.
HELIOPHILA pubescens E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 83 & 84. Zeyher 1910.
Information
fruticulose, minutely downy; pods linear, spreading, not tapering at base, tipped with a short style, leaves linear-subulate, very acute. Stem slender, 1–2 feet high, leaves 1/2–1 inch long, flattish or subterete, downy, or in β. glabrous. Flowering branches long and naked, ending in a many flowered raceme. Pedicels 4–6 lines long. Flowers purple. Pods spreading, in β. pendulous, 1 1/2 inches long, 1 line wide, obtuse at each end; the valves compressed, three-nerved, the lateral nerves obsolete.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy or stony places. Hartenbosch, Mosselbay, Burchell. Between Breede and Duivenhoeks Rivers, Swell; and near Gauritz river and Langekloof, George; also Oliphantshoek, Uit.; and Zwarteberg, Caledon; and near Simonstown, E. & Z. Palmiet river; Howhoek; and near Bethelsdorp, Drege. 7560, 7565, 7570. Tulbagh, Lichtenstein. Port Natal, Krauss. β. Port Elizabeth, &c.; and in Swellendam. May-Dec. (Herb. Burch., r. Berol., Sond., T.C.D.).

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