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Helipterum humile

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Name

Identification
Edmondia pinifolia (Lam.) Hilliard [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2007 Helipterum humile (Andr.) DC. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Edmondia pinifolia
  • Helipterum humile

Flora

Entry for HELICHRYSUM humile Andr. [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 humile Andr. [family COMPOSITAE], Bot. Rep. t. 652;—Less.! Syn. p. 322.
Helipterum humile DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 322.
Aphelexis humilis Don [family ]
Helichrysum sesamoides Curt. [family COMPOSITAE], Bot. Mag. t. 425.
Helichrysum spectabilis Lodd. [family COMPOSITAE], Cat. t. 59.
Information
ascending, branches curved upwards, leafy throughout; leaves from a clasping base, subulate, rigid, pungent or obtuse, glossy, round-backed, the uppermost (on the flower branches) scale-bearing or reduced to membranous scales; inv. turbinate, the scales rosy, lanceolate-acuminate, radiating, the medial stipitate; fimbrils linear, very short; achenes smooth; pappus clavulate, finely serrated. Stems diffuse, 6 inches to 2 feet high. Leaves very variable in length, sometimes uniformly 2–3 lines, sometimes 1/2–1 inch long, shining, glabrous, with wool in the axil. Invol. scales varying from pale flesh-colour to deep rose-red. The pappus is scarcely serrulate, but gradually thicker upwards.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Crevices of rocks on mts., Table Mt., and Stellenbosch Mts.; Simon's Bay, Milne! Baviansberg, Genadendal, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

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