Penaea acutifolia A.Juss.

Species

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Characteristics

Sparsely branched shrub to 1.3 m. Leaves sessile, lanceolate to elliptic. Flowers few in terminal spikes, yellow, with perianth lobes narrowly triangular and acuminate apex, bracts lanceolate-ovate.
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Distribution

Penaea acutifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676059-1
WFO ID wfo-0001091478
COL ID 76H7R
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Synonyms

Penaea acutifolia Penaea intermedia