- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
Helichrysum psiadiifolium Mesfin & T.Reilly
- Genus: Helichrysum Mill.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Somalia.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- C1, 10 km on Masagaweyn–Bud Bud road, Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7423 (K holo., UPS iso.)
- Habit
- Shrub, 1–1.5 m high; stems densely glandular, the uppermost branches tomentellous
- Leaves
- Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 2–6.5 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse and apiculate, glabrous, densely glandular and aromatic, slightly 3-veined from the base
- Inflorescences
- Capitula shortly stalked in terminal dense cymes; involucre 3.5–4 mm long; inflorescence axes white-tomentose and glandular; phyllaries pale yellow, ovate or lanceolate, 2–3.3 mm long, obtuse, with membranous margins and apex
- Florets
- Florets yellow, 24–27, all bisexual, 2.8–3.2 mm long
- Fruits
- Achenes (immature) 0.4–0.6 mm long, glabrous; pappus white, 1.7–2 mm long.
- Distribution
- C1 only known from the type collection.
- Ecology
- Altitude c. 50 m.
Native to:
Somalia
Helichrysum psiadiifolium Mesfin & T.Reilly appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 1, 1993 | Thulin, M. [7423], Somalia | K000274454 | holotype |
First published in : 422 (1995)
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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