Stable identifiers

https://w.jacq.org/W19910001756

https://doi.org/10.3535/NH9-T6W-2D1

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1230490643

Herbarium #

W 1991-0001756

Collection #

W

Stored under taxon name

Amphiglossa tecta (Brusse) Koek.

Family

Asteraceae

Det./rev./conf./assigned

A. Igersheim & H. Rainer (W) 2007

Ident. history

Orig: Pterothrix tecta; A. Igersheim & H. Rainer (W) 2007: Amphiglossa tecta

Isotypus of

Pterothrix tecta Brusse

Bothalia 20 (1): 67-70; Fig. 1-6 (1990)

Typified by: F. Brusse 1989

Collector

    Brusse,F.A. 5629  (link to CETAF Botany Pilot) 

Date

1989-11-26

Location

South Africa / Northern Cape

Label

Glen Lyon. Hay district, Witsand, some 70km SW of Postmasburg. Farm Witsands 250. Approximately 2km W of Doonaar homestead. White Kalahari Sand outlier, just W of the Langeberg. Alt. 1230 m

Habitat

White Kalahari Sand outlier; occurs in sparsely grassy dune shrubland, with Lopholaena cneorifolia and Crotalaria virgultalis, in locally level place, on E slope, near summit of rocky hill, overlain with white dune sand. Locally common.

Habitus

Clump-forming shrub, up to 400mm tall, and up to 3,5m wide. Florets white or pale mauve from above. Involucral bracts a golden colour. Main stems gnarled, dark grey, up to 40mm diam., burried in sand below. Bark poorly developed. Leaves with camphor odour when crushed.

Annotations

Grid Ref./ Ruitverw.