Blepharis grossa
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Blepharis grossa (Nees) T.Anderson |
| Location: | Namib desert (2214DD) |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Little desert thistle |
| Synonym(s): | Acanthodium grossum Nees - non Wight Blepharis dichotoma Engl. |
| Status: | Near-endemic |
| Description: | Scabrous hairy. Branches 6–10 in. long, bearing no spikes except close to the base. Leaves 1.5 x 0.125 in., entire, many approximate in fours. Spikes clustered close to the crown of the root, 2 x 1 in., 20–30-flowered, densely hirsute; bracts 1 x 0.5 in., sub-4-ranked, rigid, with spinous teeth; bracteoles 0.25 in. long, linear. Calyx hairy within and without; anticous segment 0.333 in. long. Capsule 0.25 in. long, flattened, 2-seeded. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical Africa) |
| 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: | 12 Jun 2008 |
| 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 |
