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Genus:
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HAPLOCARPHA
(
G
)
Fire Arctotis (
Wf
) Baster Gousblom (
Le
)
Family:
ASTERACEAE
apalos, = soft, tender, gentle, delicate; carphos, = any small dry body. carpha, = scale. (pappus soft) OR (h)aplos-, = simple, one-fold; haplo-, = single; carpos, = fruit. (the pappus is uniserrate)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
,
K3
)
Haplocarpha lanata
(
La
)
Brandblom(
PS
) Cape Fire Arctotis (
Wf
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
lana, = wool; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. lanatus, = furnished with wool, bearing wool, wooly. (woolly; covered with long, dense, curled and matted hairs, resembling wool)
(
ld
,
BL
)