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Mesanthemum jaegeri

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Name

Identification
Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél. [family ERIOCAULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sambou, K.,
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Mesanthemum jaegeri Jac-Fél. [family ERIOCAULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Mesanthemum jaegeri Jac-Fél. [family ERIOCAULACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 94: 146 (1947).
Information
Robust perennial with a swollen, bulbous base; leaves and peduncles pilose with spreading hairs; scapes to 16 in. high, capitula 1-1·8 cm. diam.; involucral bracts dirty whitish; florets whitish, immersed in a cushion of long black receptacular hairs.
Distribution
S. L.: Loma Mt. (Sept.) Jaeger 1625! 7655! Sankan Biriwa, 6,080 ft. (Jan.) Cole 155!S. Nig.: Koloishe Mt., 5,000-5,400 ft., Obudu Div. (Dec.) Savory 8 Keay FHI 26079!

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