Source:
SSA
Description:
Glabrous or pubescent shrubs; indumentum of simple hairs; secretory cavities completely absent from all parts. Leaves alternate, entire, toothed or lobed, dotted with immersed glands. Capitula discoid, in corymbs. Involucre subglobose. Receptacle flat, generally with paleae, rarely epaleate. Corolla glandular, with narrow tube and distinct, partly enervate 5-lobed limb. Anthers ecalcarate and caudate with distinct tails; endothecial tissue polarised. Cypselas obovoid with slightly curved base, and with (8-)10 rounded ribs, sometimes with minute papillae, occasionally with small, almost sessile glands in 2 rows. Pappus of small, entire or toothed scales; 1 scale terminating each rib.
Distribution:
Species 10, sthn Afr., Angola, Zimbabwe and Madagascar; 7 in sthn Afr., Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.
Classification:
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