Species Didelta carnosa
Pictures from Observations
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Didelta:
Gk. di- = double, twice; delta = the letter D, symbolised in Greek by a triangle. The outer bracts are in two rows and are triangular in shape.
Etymology of carnosa:
from the Latin carnosus = 'fleshy'
Scientific name:
Didelta carnosa (L. f.) W.T. Aiton
Common names:
Kusslaaibos
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Hortus Kew. 3: 256 (1789)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1789
Rounded, thinly or densely cobwebby shrublet to 1 m. Leaves fleshy, oblanceolate. Flower heads radiate, large, yellow, bracts leafy. July--Nov. Coastal dunes and sandy flats, NW, SW (S Namibia to Cape Peninsula).
Observations of Taxon
Didelta carnosa
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Didelta carnosa var. carnosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Didelta carnosa var. carnosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Didelta carnosa var. tomentosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Didelta carnosa var. tomentosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown