Achyranthes aspera sicula
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Full name: | Achyranthes aspera L. var. sicula |
| Location: | Naukluft (2416AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Knapsekêrel, Kafblom, Haak-en-steek-(klits)bossie, Grootklits, Kaapse kêrel, Knapsakkerwel, Langklits |
| English common name(s): | Chaff flower, Burweed, Sickle-fruit chaff flower, Devil's horsewhip |
| Synonym(s): | Achyranthes annua Dinter Achyranthes argentea Lam. Achyranthes aspera L. var. argentea (Lam.) Boiss. Achyranthes sicula (L.) All. - non Roth |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Flowers: inflorescence a terminal spike, 150-240 mm long, perianth small, ±3 mm long, greenish to white. Slender erect perennial, sometimes climbing or scrambling. The leaves are often covered in silvery indumentum when young (less noticeable in shade growing specimens) Inflorescences dense at first but elongating up to 25 cm with more widely spaced flowers. Flowers greenish to silvey-white, often tinged with purple-red. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Plant more slender, the perianth small, generally 3–4.5 (5) mm long. Leaves frequently silvery-sericeous below at least when young, green above (may be green on both surfaces in shade), rather long-acuminate. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| 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: | 02 Apr 2015 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | EOS 7D Mark II |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.5 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/800 s |
| ISO speed: | 500 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
