Petalidium setosum
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Petalidium setosum C.B.Clarke ex Schinz |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Namib petal-bush, Red green |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Near-endemic |
| Description: | A small shrub, sometimes low and spreading. Leaves simple and elliptical with margins entire. Oppositely arranged on branches, light green in colour and covered with very small prickles which also occur on the stem. The flowers are small with bright red and yellow petals. Flowers grow in a dense cluster sometimes forming a ball. (from Namibrand website) Petalidium setosum occurs as a small bush up to 50 cm high. During its growth foliage has a bright green, it becomes grayish blue in the dry season. Some stems are flattened, others are upright. The flowers are densely clustered at nodes. The calyx lobes long, thin and hairy, they persist after flowering. The corolla is often red with yellow lower lobe, but can also be pink. (from www.planetefleurs.fr, translated from French by Google Translate) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 03 Mar 2009 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/125 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
