Petalidium spiniferum C.B.Clarke

Plants of Angola
Petalidium spiniferum C.B. Clarke
Det. Erin Tripp & Kyle Dexter, 21 April 2017
Angola, Namibe 2.8km E. of Ruacana border crossing into Namibia as
measured by the + that leaves Chitado. 17.35557 S, 14.22467 E. 928m
elevation, red clay sandy soil with mopane and terminalia low rolling
hillssub-shrub to 0.25m, mostly sterile but on plant with a few buds,
big prominent spines, does not resemeble any other Petalidium that
we have ever seen, flowers solitary in leaf axils, with no odor,
reminiscent of P. coccinium group.
Erin Tripp #6969	21 April 2017
w/ Kyle Dexter
University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO)
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