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Laggera oblonga

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Name

Identification
Laggera oblonga Oliv.&Hiern [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Blumea oloptera
  • Laggera oloptera
  • Laggera macrorhiza
  • Laggera oblonga

Flora

Entry for LAGGERA oblonga O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
LAGGERA oblonga O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
Shrubby. Branches subterete, continuously alate. Leaves alternate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronate or apiculate, denticulate, scabrid on both surfaces, with prominent venation beneath, decurrent with rather broad entire wings, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/2 in. broad. Capitula broadly campanulate, at length hemispherical, 1–1 1/4 in. diam., subsessile, solitary or 2–3 together, terminating short lateral alate branchlets. Scales of involucre multiseriate, puberulous; inner linear, acuminate; outer much shorter, linear-lanceolate, acute with recurved tips. Receptacle naked, 1/3– 1/2 in. diam. Ray-florets filiform; mouth minutely dentate. Disk-florets … Achenes pilose, with erect hairs.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Chr. Smith

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