Species Dicoma spinosa
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Etymology of Dicoma:
Gk. di- = two; kome = tuft of hairs; referring to the double pappus of the first described species (Flora Capensis).
Etymology of spinosa:
From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’
Scientific name:
Dicoma spinosa (L.) Druce
Common names:
Steekblom
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Synonym status:
Cushion-forming, usually grey-felted shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves obovate, lightly toothed and pungent, glabrescent above. Flower heads obscurely radiate, solitary at the branch tips, pink or white, bracts broad below, narrow and spiny above. Flowering erratically. Dry rocky shale slopes, SW, ?AP, KM, LB, SE (Dutoitskloof to Somerset East).
Observations of Taxon
Dicoma spinosa
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Date observed unknown
Dicoma spinosa
Name of observer:
Katryn van Heerden (David)
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Date observed unknown