- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
Helichrysum quartinianum A.Rich.
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Habit
- Perennial herb from a thick rootstock, 0.2–0.6 m high; stems several from the rootstock, erect, unbranched except in the inflorescence, densely white-tomentose.
- Leaves
- Leaves pale grey-green, sessile, elliptic to (ob)lanceolate, 2–11 cm long, 0.4–2 cm wide, base ± semi-amplexicaul, margins entire, apex acute, grey- or whitish-tomentose on both surfaces, 3–5-veined.
- Capitulum
- Capitula 8–11 mm long, homogamous, in dense subglobose glomerules, solitary or in terminal paniculate corymbs; stalks of individual capitula 4–12 mm long; phyllaries shiny white or cream, ± radiating, rarely with reddish tinge (but regularly drying reddish-brown), 4–5-seriate, (narrowly) ovate to spatulate, 4–8 mm long, apex acute to rounded, proximally pubescent; receptacle fimbriae 0.5 mm long.
- Florets
- Florets yellow or orange, 47–90, all hermaphrodite, tube infundibuliform, 4–5.5 mm long, lobes 0.3–0.5 mm long, glandular, anthers 2–2.2 mm long, style 3.5–6.2 mm long.
- Fruits
- Achenes cylindrical, 0.8–1.2 mm long, glabrous; pappus white, 4–5.5 mm long, caducous in groups.
- Habitat
- Grassland or wooded grassland, especially where regularly burned; may be locally common; 1500–2800 m
- Distribution
- T1 T4 T6 T7 U1
Native to:
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
Helichrysum quartinianum A.Rich. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 1990 | Maitland, T.D. [1516], Cameroon | K000052196 | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Maitland, T.D. [1709 bis], Cameroon | K000052197 | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Maitland, T.D. [1446], Cameroon | K000052198 | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Maitland, T.D. [1446], Cameroon | K000052199 | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Bauer, P.J. [75], Cameroon | K000052195 | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30303], Cameroon | K000052194 | ||
Gossweiler, J. [2485], Angola | K000274628 | Unknown type material |
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 427 (1848)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Mesfin & T. Reilly in D.J.N. Hind et al. (eds), Adv. Comp. Syst.: 413 (1995).
- Lisowski in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae, Inuleae: 148, t. 32/f-j (1989).
- Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 314 (1910).
- Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 348 (1877).
- A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 427 (1848).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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