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Webbia hirsuta

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Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family ASTERACEAE]
Filed as Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family ASTERACEAE]
Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family COMPOSITAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family ASTERACEAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Filed as Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family ASTERACEAE]
Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family COMPOSITAE]
Filed as Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family ASTERACEAE]
Syntype of Webbia hirsuta DC. [family ASTERACEAE]
Isosyntype of Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch. Bip. ex Walp. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Webbia hirsuta DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Anonymous s.d.,
Related name
  • Vernonia hirsuta
  • Webbia hirsuta

Flora

Entry for VERNONIA hirsuta Sch. Bip. [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
VERNONIA hirsuta Sch. Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c.
Webbia hirsuta DC. [family ], 5, p. 73.
Information
herbaceous; the simple, striate stem the inflorescence, and under surface of leaves, hairy with rough, curled hairs; leaves sessile, cordate at base, oblong or obovate, mucronate, acuminate (or obtuse), subentire or with inflexed serratures, thinly-hairy above, netted-veined beneath; corymb densely many-headed, flat-topped; invol. scales lanceolate, acute or acuminate, woolly; achenes silky. Stems 1–3 feet high, the whole plant coarsely-hairy, with greenish-yellow hairs. Leaves 1 1/2–2 1/2 inches long, 3/4–1 1/2 inch wide, very variable in shape, but always cordate at base. In var. β. the leaves are thicker, and much more strongly-netted. Corymb dense, 2–4 inches across. Corolla pilose.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Katberg and Tambukiland, E. Z.! Hutton! Bowker; Natal, Drege, Krauss, 293; var. β. Natal, T. Williamson, Gerr. & M‘K. 343. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.)

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