Source:
SSA
Synonym(s):
Oligodora DC.: 282 (1838a). Phaeocephalus S.Moore: 158 (1900a).
Description:
Glabrous or pubescent shrubs; indumentum of stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, entire or lobed. Capitula discoid, with 6-10 florets, slender, in dense corymbs. Involucre narrowly ellipsoid-cylindrical to obconical. Receptacle flat, generally with paleae, rarely epaleate. Corolla gradually expanded, funnel-shaped above, 5-lobed, with distinct nervation, glandular all over with short-stalked biseriate glands. Anthers ecalcarate and ecaudate; endothecial tissue polarised. Styles sometimes with secretory cavities. Cypselas ellipsoid-obovoid to terete, glabrous, with 5-10 ribs. Pappus of basally united, fimbriate scales.
Distribution:
Species 7; endemic to sthn Afr., Western and Eastern Cape.
Classification:
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