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Home Home » GENERA B-C » Berkheya » Berkheya purpurea
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Berkheya purpurea

Berkheya purpurea
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Berkheya purpurea, the purple berkheya or in Afrikaans the bloudisseldoring (blue thistle thorn), is a tufted perennial with a winged stem that reaches 80 cm in height. The basal leaf rosette in the photo without a stem yet, has larger leaves than will grow up the stem to follow.

The plant produces several large flowerheads concurrently at bloom-time, the ray florets in various shades of mauve to almost white, the disc dark in colour. Flowerheads reach a diameter of up to 8 cm. The flowers may be stalked or not, the involucral bracts leaf-like. Flowering occurs from midsummer to midautumn.

The distribution of this Berkheya species is limited to the Drakensberg, where it grows upon grassy slopes (Manning, 2009; www.plantzafrica.com).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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