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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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