Helichrysum longiramum
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Shrubby perennial herb, up to 1.3 m tall. Stems woody, densely hairy, with minute glands. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, c. 1.3 cm long, 3-veined from the base; densely hairy and glandular above, greyish tomentose below. Capitula in a many-headed corymbose inflorescence, up to 7 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts straw-coloured, c. 4-seriate, up to 3 mm long. Florets yellow. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Angola and from Ethiopia to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also in the Comoro Islands. |
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Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 26. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 67. |
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Flora of Malawi: Helichrysum longiramumFlora of Zambia: Helichrysum longiramum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Helichrysum longiramum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helichrysum longiramumAfrican Plant Database: Helichrysum longiramum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helichrysum longiramum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Helichrysum longiramum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helichrysum longiramum
JSTOR Plant Science: Helichrysum longiramum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helichrysum longiramum
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Tropicos: Helichrysum longiramum
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