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Statice purpurata

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Identification
Limonium longifolium (Thunb.) Dyer [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Statice purpurata L. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Statice longifolia Thunb. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Statice purpurata
  • Limonium purpuratum
  • Limonium longifolium
  • Statice longifolia
  • Statice peregrina

Flora

Entry for STATICE purpurata Linn. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 418, (1909) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
STATICE purpurata Linn. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE], Mant. 59;—Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xii. 666.
Information
stem woody, terete, clothed with the persistent leaf-bases; leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, smooth, coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, 1 in. long, 6 lin. wide; petiole nearly 2 in. long, sheathing at the base; panicle much branched, nearly 1 ft. high, smooth or obscurely scabrid; spikelets 1-flowered; bracts 3 lin. long, lanceolate; bracteoles ovate, the outer 1, the inner 3 lin. long, coriaceous with a broad white scarious border; calyx-tube pilose below; limb 6 lin. in diam., 5-ribbed; lobes 10, rounded, the alternate shorter; stamens and pistil as in S. rosea Sm. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Var. β, Calvinia Div.; Uien Vallei, 2000–2500 ft., Drège!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; between Kromme River and Borg Vallei, below 1000 ft., and between Pikiniers Kloof and Marcus Kraal, 1000–1500 ft., Drège! Worcester Div.; near Worcester, Cooper, 1618!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Wallich! Var. β, Villette!

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