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Scabiosa ochroleuca

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Name

Identification
Scabiosa ochroleuca L. [family DIPSACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Scabiosa columbaria
  • Scabiosa ochroleuca
  • Scabiosa austro-africana

Flora

Entry for SCABIOSA Columbaria Lin. [family DIPSACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 41, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
SCABIOSA Columbaria Lin. [family DIPSACACEAE], Spec. p. 143;—Engl. Bot. t. 1311. Reichb. Pl. Crit. 4, t. 354. E. Z.! 2338.
SCABIOSA acaulis Thunb. [family DIPSACACEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 145.
SCABIOSA maritima Thunb. [family DIPSACACEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 145.
SCABIOSA ochroleuca Thunb. [family DIPSACACEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 145.
SCABIOSA Africana E. Z. [family DIPSACACEAE], Thunb. Herb.
SCABIOSA pallida E.M. [family DIPSACACEAE], c. Herb. Un. Itin. 725. Zey. 778, 2727, 2728, 2729.
Information
stem branched, smoothish; radical leaves petiolate, spathulate, crenate or inciso-serrate, hairy on both surfaces; cauline leaves pinnate-parted, with flat, linear lobes or undivided; peduncles elongated, 2–3-fid; corollas radiant, 5-fid, rarely 4-fid; heads of fruit ovate-globose; crown 20-nerved, one-half shorter than the tube; bristles of calyx 5, 2–4 times longer than the crown. A very polymorphous plant. Flowers blue, violet or purplish, and white according to Thunberg.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places throughout whole colony, at Natal, and in Namaqualand, Magalisberg, Zey. 776; var. β. dist. of Cape, Swellendam, Uitenhage, and Albany; Walwekop, Zey. 775; var. γ. Nieuweveldsbergen near Beaufort, 3–5000ft. Drege, v. δ.

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