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Helichrysum polycladum
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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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| Habitat: | In submontane grassland and scrub. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and northern South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | 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. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helichrysum polycladumAfrican Plant Database: Helichrysum polycladum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Helichrysum polycladum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helichrysum polycladum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Helichrysum polycladum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Helichrysum polycladum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Helichrysum polycladum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Helichrysum polycladum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Helichrysum polycladum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helichrysum polycladum
Ispot Southern Africa: Helichrysum polycladum
JSTOR Plant Science: Helichrysum polycladum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Helichrysum polycladum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helichrysum polycladum
The Plant List (version 1.1): Helichrysum polycladum
Tropicos: Helichrysum polycladum
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