Blepharis spinifex
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Spines and leaves
15 Jun 2008
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Branching
15 Jun 2008
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Flower
16 Jun 2008
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Habit
21 Mar 2008
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Bracts
22 Mar 2008
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Bracts
23 Mar 2008
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Blepharis spinifex Merxm. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | "On stems at base of, or up to 1 cm below attachment, some or all leaf-whorls [have] a whorl of (2-) 4 rigid pungent spines to 1.6 cm long, sometimes also with additional smaller spines below these... The peculiar spines on the stems just below the leaf-base, which are shared with B. meyeri, are not found elsewhere in Blepharis. ...in B. meyeri these spines are much smaller and much less regular." (from Vollesen, Taxonomic Revision of Blepharis, 2000.) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
