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Selago capituliflora

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Name

Identification
Selago capituliflora Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hilliard, O.M., Selago fruticosa L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Selago albida Choisy [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Selago capituliflora
  • Selago cephalophora
  • Selago scabrida
  • Selago albida
  • Selago fruticosa

Flora

Entry for SELAGO albida Choisy [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 95, (1912) Author: By R. A. ROLFE.
Names
SELAGO albida Choisy [family ], in DC. Prod. xii. 18
SELAGO fruticosa Thunb. [family ], Prodr. 98, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 460, not of Linn.; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 355.
SELAGO canescens E. Meyer [family ], Comm. 265, and in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 50, 55, 60, 90, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 160; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 10 (not of Linn. fil.).
SELAGO cinerascens Choisy [family ], in DC. Prod. xii. 9 (not of E. Meyer).
SELAGO capituliflora Rolfe [family ], in Journ. Linn Soc. xx. 355.
Information
perennial, much branched, 1–2 ft. or up to 4 or 5 ft. (Cooper) high; branches minutely canescent; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear or oblong-linear, subobtuse, more or less canescent or minutely scaberulous, 2–5 lin. long; spikes roundish or oblong, often numerous and arranged in a more or less elongated panicle at the summit of the branches; bracts linear, subobtuse, pubescent, 1–1 1/4 lin. long; calyx 3/4–1 lin. long, pubescent or villous; lobes oblong, subobtuse, rather longer than the tube; corolla blue or white; tube oblong, 3/4–1 1/2 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, about 1/2 as long as the tube; fruit ovoid-oblong, 1/2–1 1/4 lin. long. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Calvinia Div.; Brandvlei, Johanssen, 1! Prince Albert Div.; on the Karroo near Constable, 3200 ft., MacOwan and Bolus Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. 676! Karroo Veld, Hutton! Div.? Elephant River, Mund! Karroo. Ecklon! Somerset Div.; upper part of Bruintjes Hoogte, Burchell, 3042! Somerset East, Bowker, 145! Fraserburg Div.; at Dwaal River, Burchell, 1464! Sutherland Div.; Roggeveld Mountains, Burchell, 1310/2! Murraysburg Div.; on stony cliffs near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 268! Graaff Reinet Div.; on stony slopes near Graaff Reinet, 4000 ft., Bolus, 32! Graaff Reinet, Bowker! Compass Berg, 6000–7000 ft., Drège! Aberdeen Div.; Camdeboo, on hills near Hamerkuil, 3000 ft., Drège. Colesberg Div.; Colesberg, Shaw, 54! 57! Middelburg Div.; Sneeuwberg Range, between Compass Berg and Rhinoster Berg, 5000 ft., Drège. Conway Farm, Gillfillan in Herb. Galpin, 2991! Sneeuw Berg, Wyley! Rhinoster Kop and Buffel Fontein, Wyley! Craddock Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 503! Albert Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 576! 1755! on dry rocky hills near Gaatje, 4500–5000 ft., Drège!COAST REGION Queenstown Div.; Queenstown, Cooper, 3013!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West Div.; plains between Kloof Village and Wittewater, Burchell, 2097! at Griqua Town, Burchell, 2114! near Griqua Town, Orpen in Herb. Bolus, 5749! between Griqua Town and Witte Water, Burchell, 1975! Orange River Colony; Caledon River, Burke! Vaal River, Mrs. Bowker, 476! Bloemfontein, Rehmann, 3714! 3894! Basutoland; without precise locality, Cooper, 3012!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Thunberg! Masson! Forster! Zeyher, 1374! 1379!WESTERN REGION Great Namaqualand; Keetmanshoop, Fenshel, 105! Aus, Schinz, Gamokab, Schinz! Daberas, Fleck, 434! Little Namaqualand; between Koussies (Buffels) River and Silver Fontein, 1500–2000 ft., Drège!

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