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Helichrysum chasei
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Chase's everlasting (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, only known from the montane grasslands of the Eastern Highlands. Stems unbranched, covered in white velvet; reduced leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 20 × 3 mm. Basal leaves in a rosette, narrowly elliptic-oblong or linear, up to 9 cm long, clasping at the base, covered with yellowish-brown woolly hairs, often almost hairless when older, 3-veined from the base, prominent below. Capitula solitary per stem, c. 3 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts c. 5-seriate, shiny golden yellow, often brown-tinged on the outer phyllaries, 6 - 16 mm long. Florets yellow, numerous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | chasei: named for Norman C Chase (1888 - 1970), one of our foremost collectors of Zimbabwean plants |
| Habitat: | Montane grassland |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Confined to the eastern border mountains of Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | NrEnd |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 13 December 2008 |
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Other sources of information about Helichrysum chasei:
African Plant Database: Helichrysum chaseiBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Helichrysum chasei
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Helichrysum chasei
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Helichrysum chasei
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Helichrysum chasei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helichrysum chasei
JSTOR Plant Science: Helichrysum chasei
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Helichrysum chasei
Tropicos: Helichrysum chasei
West African Plants database: Helichrysum chasei
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