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Synonyms: |
Protea secundifolia Hauman |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Suffretex with several horizontal or prostrate simple stems up to 30(40) cm long radiating from a woody rootsock; stems smooth, glabrous or with long irregular spreading or appressed hairs; leaves projecting upwards, 6-10 x (0.2)0.3-0.5(0.7) cm, 10-25(40) times as long as broad, linear, parallel sided or tapered very gradually from near base to apex, glabrous or with sparse irregular hairs particularly at the margin; flower heads 8-12 cm in diameter borne at stem apex; middle bracts 2-3.3 x 0.6-1.3 cm, glabrous except for the ciliate margin; inner bracts (4)5-7 x 0.3-0.7 cm, linear, usually longitudinally inrolled, clearly exceeding the flowers, resembling the middle bracts in indumentum; flowers white, 3-4(5) cm; perianth base glabrous or with short hairs near the lower margin inside, limb 10-12(17) mm long with sparse to dense long appressed to ascending hairs at least on the 3 fused segments and with tuft of dense hairs at apex; style glabrous. |
Type location: |
Angola |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | paludosa: marshy, swampy or boggy secundifolia: referring to the leaves all turned towards the same side. |
Habitat: | In dambos or woodland on Kalahari sand. |
Altitude range: | 1380 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola through Zambia to DRC. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 28 May 2019 |
Literature: |
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 194 - 195. as Protea secundifolia (Includes a picture). Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 84 - 85. |
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