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Sphenogyne dentata

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Name

Identification
Ursinia dentata (L.) Poir. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Sphenogyne dentata (L.) R. Br. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Arctotis pectinata
  • Sphenogyne dentata
  • Ursinia dentata
  • Arctotis pilifera
  • Arctotis dentata
  • Arctotis acaulis

Flora

Entry for SPHENOGYNE dentata R. Br. [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
SPHENOGYNE dentata R. Br. [family COMPOSITAE], ;—DC. l. c. 684.
Arctotis dentata Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], (non Thunb.)
Arctotis pectinata Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 710.
Arctotis piligera Berg. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
shrubby, much-branched, nearly glabrous; leaves (short) pinnati-partite, the lobes short, entire or trifid, the teeth tipped with a bristle; peduncles elongate, one-headed; heads rather small, outer inv.-scales ovate, subacute or obtuse; rays coppery underneath. A slender shrub, 1–2 f. high, with curved, closely leafy branches, ending in naked peduncles, 6–9 inches long. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long, the lobes 2–3 lines long, rachis broadly linear, all conspicuously gland-dotted and mostly quite glabrous. Outer inv.-scales generally with a few dorsal hairs below the tip, sometimes quite obtuse with a dark border. Invol. 1/2 inch diameter; rays twice as long. β. scarcely differs from the state of S. dentata with dark-edged inv.-scales, which often has scattered leaves on the peduncle, puberulous stems and equally long bristles to the leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On Table Mt., Capetown and near Simon's Bay, common. Var. β. at Cape L'Agulhas, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.)

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