Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Scrambling shrub or woody liane. Main stem fluted, up to 30 cm in diameter. Leaves ovate, up to c. 7.5 × 4.5 cm, dark green above with scattered hairs, densely whitish or yellowish tomentose below, 3-veined from the base; margin shallowly crenate-dentate or entire. Capitula in dense terminal corymbs, c. 6 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts pale yellowish-green, ovate to lanceolate, c. 2.5 mm. Florets yellow.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum schimperi (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Moeser Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Ethiopia, Sudan, DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum schimperi (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Moeser Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
