Species Stoebe plumosa
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Stoebe:
Gk. steibein = to tread; stoibe = a stuffing (Jackson); a classical name for a plant used as packing material and for stuffing cushions.
Etymology of plumosa:
From the Latin ‘plumosa’ / ‘plumosus’ meaning ‘feathered’
Scientific name:
Stoebe plumosa (L.) Thunb.
Common names:
Slangbos
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Synonym of:
Protologue:
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 169 (1800)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1800
Sprawling, white-woolly, softly woody shrub to 1 m, with short shoots. Leaves granular and tufted. Flower heads discoid, small, brown, in small axillary glomerules forming spike-like inflorescence, bracts golden, acuminate. Mainly Apr.--June. Rocky flats and slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (throughout southern Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Stoebe plumosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
21/09/2020 - 12:15pm
Collection:
Stoebe plumosa
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
