Helichrysum tomentulosum (Klatt) Merxm.
subsp. tomentulosum

Images: None on this site.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Stenocline tomentulosa Klatt
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect, bushy perennial with ascending branches up to 60 cm tall. Leaves oblong-elliptic, up to 5 × 1 cm, 3-veined from the base, thinly greyish velvety on both sides; margin more or less rolled under. Capitula in dense terminal corymbose heads. Involucral bracts c. 5-seriate, 1-5 mm long, ovate to linear-lanceolate. Florets yellow.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Occurring on limestone ridges.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
Zimbabwe distribution: W,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 66 - 68. (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 26.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 35.

Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 21 - 22.


Other sources of information about Helichrysum tomentulosum subsp. tomentulosum:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Helichrysum tomentulosum subsp. tomentulosum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helichrysum tomentulosum
African Plant Database: Helichrysum tomentulosum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helichrysum tomentulosum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Helichrysum tomentulosum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Helichrysum tomentulosum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Helichrysum tomentulosum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helichrysum tomentulosum
JSTOR Plant Science: Helichrysum tomentulosum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helichrysum tomentulosum
Plants of the World Online: Helichrysum tomentulosum
Tropicos: Helichrysum tomentulosum
Wikipedia: Helichrysum tomentulosum


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 tomentulosum subsp. tomentulosum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159920, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 26 March 2018 2:01pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use