Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
argentea: silvery
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Xerophyta argentea (Wild) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115230
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrubby herb, sometimes even resembling a small tree, 0.3-4 m tall. Stem simple or sparsely branched, up to 25 cm thick. Leaves in tufts of 3-7 and the fibrous branch-ends, linear up to 40 cm long, densely silvery covered in appressed hairs below; margin entire. Flowers on a brownish peduncle up to 16.5 cm long, 1-4 at the ends of fibrous branches, blue, pale purple or pinkish, showy but short-lived; ovary obconical densely covered with purplish, tuberculate glands.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Xerophyta argentea (Wild) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115230
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Xerophyta argentea (Wild) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115230
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
