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LACHNAEA
(
G
)
Mountain Carnation, Bergangalier, Letjiesbos (
Le
)
Family:
THYMELAEACEAE
lachnē, = soft woolly hair, down, the soft nap or pile on cloth, sheep’s-wool;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(downy calyx)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
)
Lachnaea densiflora
(
La
)
Blushing Mountain Carnation (
Wf
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
densus, = thick, dense; thickly set with, covered with, full of;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(
ld
)
Lachnaea eriocephala
(
G
)
Bergangelier (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
erion, = wool;
cephale, = head;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(
LS
,
BL
)
Lachnaea filicaulis
(
La
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(with thread-like stem)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Lachnaea grandiflora
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
grandis, = full-grown, large, great, full, abundant;
(large, great, big, tall, lofty)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(
ld
,
BL
)
Lachnaea laxa
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
laxus, = wide, loose, open.
(flaxid, loose, i.e. with parts distinct and apart from one another or in an open or loose arrangement)
(
ld
,
BL
)