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Helichrysum callicomum
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| Status: | Native |
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Small, erect, bushy perennial, up to 35 cm tall. Leaves sessile, oblong-spathulate to narrowly oblong, up to 2.5 cm long, gradually smaller higher up the stems, covered in greyish-white velvet on both sides. Capitula in dense terminal corymbose heads, up to 8 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts c. 4-seriate, up to 3.7 mm long, pale straw-coloured. Florets yellowish. |
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| Habitat: | In grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and Botswana to Eastern Cape, South Africa and Lesotho. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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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 Pages 68 - 70. (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 34. Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 16 - 17. |
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