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Status: | Native |
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Bushy perennial herb with stiffly erect branches, up to 50 cm tall. Leaves crowded near the ends of branches, sessile, linear, up to 1.7 cm long, whitish tomentose, particularly below; apex mucronate; margin rolled under. Capitula in terminal corymbose heads, c. 2.5 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts pale yellow, 2-3-seriate, up to 3.2 mm long, oblong. |
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South Africa |
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Habitat: | In submontane grassland and scrub. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and northern South Africa |
FZ divisions: | E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 4 August 2016 |
Literature: |
Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Page 99. 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 26. |