Species Phylica plumosa
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Phylica:
Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Etymology of plumosa:
From the Latin ‘plumosa’ / ‘plumosus’ meaning ‘feathered’
Scientific name:
Phylica plumosa L.
Common names:
Veerkoppie
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Synonym status:
Sparsely branched shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 10--15 mm long, rough, margins revolute. Flowers in dense spikes, subtended by buff-plumose bracts longer than the leaves, yellowish, subsessile. May--Aug. Mainly clay and granite soils, NW, SW (Piketberg to Cape Peninsula and Caledon).
Observations of Taxon
Phylica plumosa
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Phylica plumosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Phylica plumosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
