Berkheya chamaepeuce
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Full name: | Berkheya chamaepeuce (S.Moore) Roessler |
| Location: | Farm Urikos (2415AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Disseldoring, Boom disseldoring |
| English common name(s): | Tree thistle thorn |
| Synonym(s): | Crocodilodes chamaepeuce S.Moore |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | A medium-sized perennial woody shrub, growing to a height of 200-300 cm. It is many branched, dense and extremely prickly, making it almost impenetrable. Leaves are dark green and glossy on the upper side, pale green and slightly woolly on the underside. Leaf margins are deeply dentate with sharp spines. The inflorescence is a large, showy composite head of brilliant yellow ray and disc flowers. (from Namibrand website) |
| 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: | 30 Apr 2011 |
| Camera make: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
| Lens aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/400 s |
| ISO speed: | 80 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
