Species Phylica marlothii
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There aren’t any identifications of Phylica marlothii.
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Etymology of Phylica:
Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Etymology of marlothii:
Named after Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855-1931), a German-born pharmacist, analytical chemist and botanist who collected plants in Namibia in 1886, discovering over 100 new species. A brilliant naturalist who translated his insightful observations together with art in his seminal Flora of South Africa.
Scientific name:
Phylica marlothii Pillans
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Closely leafy shrublet to 60 cm, velvety pubescent on the young branches. Leaves needle-like, 13--15 mm long, margins closely revolute. Flowers in large, flattened, solitary capitula surrounded by many leaves and villous bracts, without petals, whitish. May--Nov. Rocky sandstone slopes, NW, KM (Cedarberg Mts to Witteberg).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Phylica marlothii.