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Hermas villosa

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Name

Identification
Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb. [family APIACEAE ]
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  • Hermas villosa

Flora

Entry for HERMAS villosa Thunb. [family UMBELLIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 524, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
HERMAS villosa Thunb. [family UMBELLIFERAE], ! Nov. Act. Petrop. v. xiv. 531;—Flor. Cap. 249. E. & Z.! 2257. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 397. Sieb. n. 214. Burm. Afr. t. 71, f. 2.
Bupleurum villosum Thunb. [family UMBELLIFERAE], Prod. 50.
Information
leaves stem-clasping, ovate-oblong, acute, subcordate at the base, toothed, glabrous above, whitish-tomentose beneath; stem tomentose between the leaves, glabrous above. Stem 2–3 feet or more in height; leafy on the lower parts. Leaves sessile or very short petiolate (H. depauperata, Linn.), 3–4 inches long, 1 1/2–2 inches broad on the margins, with many short teeth. Umbel with many 1/2–1 uncial rays. Leaves of involucre oblong, acute. Outer rays of the umbellules sterile or abortive. Fruit 2 lines long and broad.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains near Capetown, Thunb. E. & Z. Drege, Sieber; Platteklipp, Zeyh. 3020. Jan.-May. (Herb. Thunb. Holm. Sd. etc.)

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