Species Osmitopsis pinnatifida
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Etymology of Osmitopsis:
Osmites (q.v.); Gk. -opsis = resembling.
Etymology of pinnatifida:
From the Latin pinnatifidus = ‘divided into feathers’
Scientific name:
Osmitopsis pinnatifida (DC.) K. Bremer
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Not. 125(1): 24 (1972)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1972
Densely leafy shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves oblong, deeply lobed to pinnatifid, spreading to reflexed. Flower heads radiate, solitary at the branch tips, white with yellow disc, pappus of dimorphic scales. Mainly Nov.--Jan. Rocky sandstone slopes mostly above 800 m, SW (Dutoitskloof to Jonkershoek).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Osmitopsis pinnatifida.