Petalidium pilosi-bracteolatum
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Petalidium pilosi-bracteolatum Merxm. & Hainz |
| Location: | Welwitchia Plains (2214DB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Petalidium-pilosa bracteolatum appears as a small bush up to 60 cm tall with a diameter of one meter. The oval leaves have prominent veins on the underside, they are gray blue in the dry season but during a rain of green leaves appear. The flower has a size of almost 2 cm of hair adorn the bracts below with the lower lip of the corolla. (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: | 20 Sep 2013 |
| Camera make: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
| Lens aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/500 s |
| ISO speed: | 100 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
