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Sympieza pallescens

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Name

Identification
Sympieza pallescens N.E.Br. [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Erica labialis Salisb. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Sympieza pallescens
  • Sympieza brachyphylla
  • Erica labialis

Flora

Entry for SYMPIEZA pallescens N. E. Br. [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
SYMPIEZA pallescens N. E. Br. [family ERICACEAE]
Information
apparently about 6 in. high, rather loosely branched; branches and branchlets somewhat tortuose, puberulous to minutely subtomentose; leaves 3-nate, imbricate, 3/4–1 1/4 lin. long, ovate, acute, minutely puberulous or glabrous on the back, minutely ciliate; flower-heads numerous, subglobose, 2–2 1/2 lin. in diam.; calyx of the lower flowers 2/3 lin. long, usually rather more than 1/2 lin. broad; tube cuneately oblong or subquadrate, glabrous, sometimes minutely ciliate on the edges; lobes very obtuse or almost rounded, densely ciliate with rather woolly hairs and puberulous on the back; corolla 1 1/4–1 2/3 lin. long, tubular, of nearly equal diameter (1/4– 1/3 lin.) from apex to base, viewed dorsally, apparently pale pink; anthers 1/3 lin. long; stigma simple. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 1500 ft., Schlechter, 7328!
Notes
This is distinguished from those specimens of S. articulata which have a somewhat woolly-ciliate calyx by the more pallid colour of the flowers when dried, the tendency of the leaves to be puberulous and particularly by the corolla being nearly as broad around the ovary as it is across the lobes.

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