Species Phylica pubescens
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Etymology of Phylica:
Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Etymology of pubescens:
From the Latin pubescens meaning ‘downy’ with short soft hairs
Scientific name:
Phylica pubescens Aiton
Common names:
Featherhead
Veerkoppie
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Synonym status:
Closely leafy, villous shrub 1.5 m. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 25--35 mm long, margins revolute. Flowers in large flattened, solitary capitula, surrounded by many leaves and elongate, long-villous bracts, white, sessile. May--Aug. Sandstone and limestone slopes, SW, AP (Cape Peninsula to Albertinia).
Observations of Taxon
Phylica pubescens
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
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Phylica pubescens
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Phylica pubescens
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Phylica pubescens
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Name of observer:
Maarten Groos (David)
Date observed:
02/01/2002 - 10:23pm
Collection:
Phylica pubescens
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
07/05/2015 - 2:51pm
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