Lasiospermum brachyglossumDC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A.P. de Candolle,
Related name
Lasiospermum brachyglossum
Flora
Entry for LASIOSPERMUM brachyglossum DC. [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
LASIOSPERMUM brachyglossumDC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 38
Information
annual; somewhat fleshy bipinnati-partite, the lobes or lobules spreading, linear, acute or mucronate; inv. shorter than the disc, the scales oblong, obtuse; heads radiate, the rays oval-oblong, scarcely longer than the involucre. About a foot high, branched chiefly from the base. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, the lobes divaricating. Pedunc. 2–3 inches long. Heads smaller than in the preceding, and the rays very much shorter.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Silverfontein, on the flats, 2000 f. Sep.-Oct. Drege! (Herb. D., Hk, Sd.)
