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GYMNODISCUS
(
G
)
Yellowweed (
Wf
) Geelkruid (
Le
)
Family:
ASTERACEAE
gymnos, = naked, unclad, unarmed;
(naked, unclad, unarmed, stripped)
diskos, = a round plate, quoit.
(receptacle of flower head is nude)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
)
Gymnodiscus capillaris
(
La
)
Yellowweed (
Wf
) Hongerblom, Skilpadgras (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm.)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with;
capillaris, = of or pertaining to the hair.
(
ld
,
BL
)