Stomatanthes

R.M.King & H.Rob.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite; petioles short. Capitula discoid; 4 or 5 florets present in capitulum, in panicles or corymbs. Involucre with bracts in few rows, unequal to equal. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla white, funnel-shaped or tubular, sometimes glandular. Anthers: filaments thick. Style: branches densely hirsute, apex papillate. Cypselas 5- to 8-ribbed, usually setose and sometimes glandular; carpopodium generally conspicuous. Pappus of many scabrid bristles. x = 10 (1 report).
Distribution: 
Species 15, Brazil, Uruguay, tropical Africa; 1 in sthn Afr.: Stomatanthes africanus (Oliv. & Hiern) R.M.King & H.Rob., North-West, Northern Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Swaziland.
Classification: 
ASTERACEAE

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