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Hertia alata (Thunb.) Kuntze

Hertia alata (Thunb.) Kuntze


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2021): Hertia alata (Thunb.) Kuntze. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000026290. Accessed on: 20 Jan 2021'

Morphology

Slender-stemmed shrub to 80 cm. Leaves decurrent in broad stem wings, oblanceolate towards base, obovoid above. Flower heads disciform, few in nodding, terminal or axillary clusters, yellow.

  • Provided by: [B].e-Flora of South Africa
      • Source: [
    • 1
      • ]. 

    Habitat

    Rocky sandstone ridges.

  • Provided by: [B].e-Flora of South Africa
      • Source: [
    • 1
      • ]. 

    Distribution

    Swartberg and Karoo.

  • Provided by: [B].e-Flora of South Africa
      • Source: [
    • 1
      • ]. 

    Synonyms

      Bibliography

    • 1 Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Asteraceae: Hertia Less. 388 - 388. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

     Information From

    Compositae
    CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0). https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
    • A CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    e-Flora of South Africa
    e-Flora of South Africa. v1.21. 2018. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.21
    • B All Rights Reserved
    World Flora Online consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2018.
    • C CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).