Rhigiophyllum squarrosum Hochst.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Rhigiophyllum

Characteristics

1-1 1/2 foot high, branches erect. Leaves rhombic-obovate. acute, coriaceous, quite smooth, subquadrifarious-imbricated, appressed to the stem by a cuneate base, the apex spreading, squarrose, quite entire, shining, the middle nerve prominent below. Flowers purple, aggregated to a head, separated by lanceolate, rigid bracteae, and the pedicels with 2 similar bracteolae.
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Densely leafy shrublet with erect branches to 50 cm. Leaves imbricate, 4-ranked, subrotund, leathery, shining. Flowers clustered at branch tips in bracteate heads, narrowly tubular below, deep blue.
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Distribution

Rhigiophyllum squarrosum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144933-1
WFO ID wfo-0000818149
COL ID 4S6XB
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Synonyms

Rhigiophyllum squarrosum