Species Athrixia heterophylla
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Etymology of Athrixia:
Name possibly from the Greek ather, an awn, alluding to the fine awnlike tips of the involucral bracts.
Etymology of heterophylla:
From the Greek heteros = ‘the other of the two’; and the Greek phyllon = ‘leaf’.
Scientific name:
Athrixia heterophylla (Thunb.) Less.
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Syn. Gen. Compos. 365 (1832)
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1832
Cobwebby shrublet or perennial from woody rootstock, to 45 cm. Leaves ovate to narrowly linear, the lower much broader, with involute margins, lightly serrate, densely felted below, often scabrid above. Flower heads radiate, solitary, pink or magenta, outer pappus bristles scale-like. Aug.--Dec. Rocky slopes, SW, KM, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Athrixia heterophylla.
