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Anchusa riparia

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Identification
Anchusa riparia A.DC. [family BORAGINACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ANCHUSA riparia DC. [family BORAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
ANCHUSA riparia DC. [family BORAGINACEAE], Prod. x. 43
ANCHUSA officinalis Thunb. [family BORAGINACEAE], Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 162, not of Linn.
ANCHUSA Dregei A. DC. [family BORAGINACEAE], in DC. Prod. x. 44.
Lycopsis longifolia E. Meyer [family BORAGINACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 67.
Information
herbaceous, 1–2 ft. high; stem erect, simple or sparingly branched, bearing scattered setæ; lower leaves up to 6 in. long and 5 lin. wide, oblanceolate, long attenuate downwards, upper linear-lanceolate, up to 3 in. long and 4 lin. wide, sessile, acute or subobtuse, all with white bulbous-based hairs above, villous below; cymes racemose, usually forked, arranged in a terminal panicle up to 1 ft. long; bracts similar to the upper leaves but smaller; pedicels 1 lin. long; calyx 2 lin. long, campanulate, hispid; lobes 5, short, rounded; corolla 3 lin. long; scales in throat ciliate; nutlets rugose, granular. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 126! Compass Berg, Shaw! Cradock Div.; near Cradock, Burke! Cooper, 549!COAST REGION Albany Div.; near Bothas Berg, 1800–2000 ft., MacOwan, 1198! Assegai Bosch, Burke! and without precise locality, Bowker! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, Baur, 950!EASTERN REGION Tembuland? Ergotini, Baur, 23!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1849! between Kuruman and the Vaal River, Cruikshank in Herb. Bolus, 2547!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Pappe!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; Kamies Bergen, Drège!

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