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Botanical name |
Dicoma anomala subsp. anomala |
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Other names |
Koorsbossie or gryshout (Afrikaans) |
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Family |
Asteraceae |
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Dimensions |
Perennial low-growing herb with several prostrate stems from a woody rootstock |
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Description of stem |
Branched yellowish stems that trail along the ground and over surrounding plants and rocks |
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Description of leaves |
Narrow, linear to lanceolate leaves, positioned alternately on the stem of 4 to 5 cm in length and 5 mm wide; upper surface olive green, sometimes grey, rough, prominent central vein along which the leaf folds inward; lower surface white velvety; margin feintly uneven |
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Description of flowers |
Flowers terminal, cup to cone-shaped, cream to pinkish-white, fluffy top; the multiple, maroon bracts around the flowerhead are spreading, prickly and slightly incurving |
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Ecological rarity |
Common |
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Location |
Rocky grassland |
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Distribution (SA provinces) |
Eastern Cape; North West; Gauteng; Northern Cape; Free State; Kwazulu-Natal; Mpumalanga; Limpopo |
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Country |
South Africa; Botswana; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Zambia and further north in Sub-Sahara Africa |
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