Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
serpentinicola: serpentine loving
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum serpentinicola Wild Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159840
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Low, much-branched woody shrublet, up to 20 cm tall. Branches covered in greyish felt when young, blackish and almost hairless when old. Leaves numerous, sessile, small, c. 5 × 1.5 mm, spathulate-oblong, densely covered in silvery-grey felt on both surfaces. Capitula in clusters of 3-4 at the ends of branches. Involucral bracts c. 4-seriate, c. 6.5 mm long, triangular and reflexed at the apex, silvery-white, tipped pinkish-purple.
- 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). Helichrysum serpentinicola Wild Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159840
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Southern Great Dyke (only?) , Zimbabwe
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum serpentinicola Wild Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159840
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings