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Leontonyx bicolor

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Name

Identification
Helichrysum tinctum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Leontonyx bicolor DC. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Helichrysum not on sheet
  • Helichrysum tinctum
  • Leontonyx bicolor

Flora

Entry for LEONTONYX bicolor 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
LEONTONYX bicolor DC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 168
Information
white-woolly, dwarf; stems diffuse, branching, tufted, leafy throughout; leaves obovato-spathulate, concave, obtuse; heads sub-solitary, sessile, subtended by floral leaves; inner inv. scales very long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, hooked, yellow, with a bright rosy spot in the middle. Known by its long, distinctly 2-coloured inv. scales, and mostly solitary fl.-heads
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Camiesberg, Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

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