Erlangea misera

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The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
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Erlangea misera (Oliv. & Hiem) S. Moore
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. Northwest Province., Molopo Park camping ground: 25° 52.001'
S: 22° 53.278'E •
Plain foil sun. Well-drained aeolian sand of quartzite. Native and common,
grazed by game Thorny savanna with Acacia erioloba, A. melífera, Schmidtia,
Grewia flava, Eragrostis lehmanniana and Aristida spp..
Perennial herb I m high, main stem with lateral branches, taproot of20-30 cm
long. Sessile leaves alternate, simple, glabrous, elliptic to narrowly elongate 40-
50 x7-10 mm, leaf margins entire to saggitate. Capitulum with purple, tubular
disc florets, ray florets absent
H. J. Venter & A. Venter 9714
07 March 2002
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