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Selago polycephala

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Name

Identification
Selago polycephala Otto [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by O.M. Hilliard, 1997
Related name
  • Selago cinerea
  • Selago polycephala
  • Selago witbergensis
  • Walafrida cinerea

Flora

Entry for WALAFRIDA polycephala Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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
WALAFRIDA polycephala Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Selago polycephala Otto ex Walp. [family ], Rep. iv. 164; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 19.
Information
perennial, much branched, 1 ft. or more high; branches puberulous; leaves densely fascicled, usually spreading, linear, obtuse, nearly glabrous, 2–3 lin. long; spikes ovoid, very dense, seldom arranged in corymbs, 6–10 lin. long; bracts ovate-anceolate, acuminate, nearly glabrous, 2–2 1/2 lin. long; calyx 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long; lateral lobes elliptic-oblong, acute, middle lobe subulate-lanceolate, acute, all ciliate; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 2–2 1/4 lin. long; lobes elliptic-oblong, subequal, 3/4 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; on the sand-hills near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 3576! “Kakkerlak Valley,” Zeyher, 3566!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality; cultivated specimens.
Notes
The original description of this species was made from cultivated specimens, which I have not seen.

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