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This species is accepted, and its native range is Ethiopia to Somalia.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
S2, 18 km on track towards Warshiek, Thulin 6383 (K holo., UPS iso.)
Habit
Shrub with ascending stem, 0.5–1.5 m high, aromatic; stem woolly exposing light grey bark
Leaves
Leaves elliptic to obovate, 2–6 x 0.6–3 cm, base attenuate, apex acute‑acuminate, 3‑nerved from base, tomentose; petiole up to 1 cm long, woolly
Inflorescences
Capitula sessile in terminal paniculate cymes; involucre 3–4 mm long; phyllaries pale yellow, elliptic, 2–4 mm long, acute‑acuminate
Florets
Florets 4–6, pale yellow, 1–3 female, 3–4 bisexual, 3–4 mm long
Fruits
Achenes (immature) 0.3–0.6 mm long, glabrous; pappus white, 3–3.5 mm long.
Distribution
C1, 2; S2; Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 50–340 m.
Vernacular
Fodasse (Somali)

Native to:

Ethiopia, Somalia

Helichrysum ogadense Mesfin appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Opera Bot. 121: 133 (1993)

Accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Literature

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0