- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
Helichrysum sulphureo-fuscum Baker
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Zimbabwe to Mozambique.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Habit
- Perennial (tussock) herb, with decumbent and erect stems to 0.5 m high from a woody rootstock; stems simple or branched, thinly pubescent.
- Leaves
- Leaves green above, whitish beneath, sessile, linear, the rosette leaves 3–7 cm long, 0.2–0.4 cm wide, base almost sheathing, apex attenuate, glabrous above, white-tomentellous beneath; cauline leaves similar but gradually becoming smaller, the distal ones 1 cm long.
- Capitulum
- Capitula 11–20 mm long, heterogamous, terminal and solitary, but dense distal branching may give impression of compound inflorescence; stalks of individual capitula 1–5 mm long; phyllaries pale orange-yellow with blackish-green or dark brown tips (the outer) or bright to pale yellow (the inner), 5–6-seriate, ovate to lanceolate, 3–14 mm long, stereome glandular; receptacle honeycombed.
- Florets
- Florets (orange-)yellow; outer florets many, filiform from a wider base, 1.6–2 mm long, lobes 0.2–0.3 mm long and glandular, style 1.8–2.3 mm long; inner florets many, tube cylindric, 1.9–2.4 mm long, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm long, anthers ± 1.2 mm long, style 2.3–3 mm long.
- Fruits
- Achenes 0.6–0.8 mm long, glabrous; pappus yellowish, 1.7–2.7 mm long, the tips dilated, falling separately.
- Habitat
- Montane grassland; 1600–2900 m
- Distribution
- T4 T7 T8
Native to:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Helichrysum sulphureo-fuscum Baker appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Whyte, A. [132], Malawi | K000274641 | Unknown type material | ||
Harris, T. [159], Mozambique | K000613234 | |||
Harris, T. [227], Mozambique | K000613302 |
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 151 (1898)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Lisowski in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae, Inuleae: 180, t. 39/f-j (1989).
- P.J. Cribb & G.P. Leedal, Mountain Flow. S. Tanz.: 159, t. 43a (1982).
- Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 332 (1910).
- Baker in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1898: 151 (1898).
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