Stoebe alopecuroides

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Stoebe alopecuroides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Stoebe
Species:
S. alopecuroides
Binomial name
Stoebe alopecuroides
(Lam.) Less., (1832)
Synonyms
  • Amphiglossa alopecuroidesSch.Bip.
  • Seriphium alopecuroidesLam.

Stoebe alopecuroides is a shrub growing up to one metre tall. It is endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape where it occurs in forest edges and fynbos from Riversdale to Uitenhage. [1] The leaves are stiffly needle-shaped with the edges rolled in, spreading and twisted. The flower heads are in masses in elongated veins and without ribbon flowers. They are white and surrounded by several rows of brown papery bracts. [2]

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