Species Helichrysum oxyphyllum
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There aren’t any identifications of Helichrysum oxyphyllum.
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Etymology of Helichrysum:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; chrysos = gold; referring to the bright yellow flowerheads of many of the flowers of species in this genus.
Etymology of oxyphyllum:
From the Greek oxy = 'sharp' (or less frequently 'acid') and phyllum = 'leaf'
Scientific name:
Helichrysum oxyphyllum DC.
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Protologue:
Prodr. (DC.) 6: 199 (1837 [1838])
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Year published:
1838
Subshrub with erect peduncle-like stem to 60 cm from a woody rootstock, woolly above. Leaves mostly radical, ovate-petiolate, glabrescent above, felted beneath, 3(--5)-veined from the base. Flower heads discoid, many in a compact corymb, campanulate, white and pink or red, c. 7 7 mm, florets 20--30, ovary glabrous. Aug.--Jan. Grassland, SW, LB, SE (Caledon to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Helichrysum oxyphyllum.