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Kochia pubescens

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Name

Identification
Kochia pubescens Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Kochia pubescens Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Salsola fruticosa
  • Salsola sativa
  • Kochia pubescens
  • Kochia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for KOCHIA pubescens Moquin [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 433, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
KOCHIA pubescens Moquin [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Chenop. Enum. 92;—DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 131.
Salsola fruticosa Drège [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 131, not of others.
Salsola sativa Zeyh. ex Moquin [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 131, not of others.
Information
stem suffruticose, procumbent, glabrous, striate, with short lateral branches; leaves terete, acute, fleshy, up to 4 lin. long and 1/2 lin. in diam., glabrous, or pubescent when young; flowers in clusters of 4–6; hermaphrodite flower: perianth about 1 lin. long; lobes ovate, acute; filaments short; anthers oblong; female flowers: perianth (including wings) 2 1/2 lin. in diam., wings 5, distinct, membranous, lacerate; ovary globose-depressed; stigmas capillary, about 4 times as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; Graaff Reinet, 2800 ft., Bolus, 410!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 1442! Var. β; Zeyher, 1449.
Notes
The Australian plant mentioned by Moquin is K. villosa, Lindl.

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