Helichrysum acutatum DC.

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Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

Helichrysum acutatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
SRGH

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Synonyms: Gnaphalium acutatum (DC.) Sch. Bip.
Helichrysum floccosum Klatt
Helichrysum schlechteri Bolus
Common names:
Frequency: Local and uncommon
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb up to 55 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock, covered in dense greyish-buff indumentum. Basal leaves up to 17 × 5.5 cm, ovate-oblong; apex pointed or mucronate; margin crenate all the way to the clasping base; stem leaves ± oblong, 4-8 cm long, sessile, sometimes auriculate. Capitula forming a dense corymbose terminal head. Involucral bracts shining yellow, 3-4-seriate, up to 7 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate. Florets yellow.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: acutatum: pointed, referring to the pointed leaves.
Habitat: In submontane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres) 1800 - 2050 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 16 August 2008
Literature:

Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 212 - 214. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 25.

Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 44 - 46.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Helichrysum acutatum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159450, retrieved 19 March 2024

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