Sericocoma heterochiton
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Full name: | Sericocoma heterochiton Lopr. |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Pandiaka heterochiton (Lopr.) C.B.Clarke |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Branchy, glabrous or hairy subshrubs with opposite or alternate leaves. Inflorescences spiked or capitate at the ends of the branches. Flowers either solitary in the axils of the bracts or grouped together in partial inflorescences, which consist of 1-2 fertile and 1-2 sterile flowers transformed into thorn tips. Supporting, prophylaxis and bracts long and silky hairy. Pseudo-staminodia small, triangular, or absent. Ovary hairy. Style with a headed stigma. Flowers solitary in the axils of the bracts, always fertile. Perianth 3-4 mm long, hidden in the whitish silky hairs. Leaves linear, often curled up when dried, 1.5-4 cm long and 0.3-1.2 mm wide, often with tufts of small leaves in the axils. Small, 15-40 cm high, richly branched subshrub. Inflorescence about 1 cm thick. Pseudo-staminodia short, papillae-like. (from Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika, Merxmueller, 1972) |
| 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: | 05 Apr 2009 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/320 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
