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Bolandia pinnatifida in two minds about colouring

Bolandia pinnatifida in two minds about colouring
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  • Bertilia hantamensis leaf
  • Bertilia hantamensis stems
  • Bertilia hantamensis young plant
  • Bolandia pinnatifida
  • Bolandia pinnatifida before and after florets open
  • Bolandia pinnatifida first florets
  • Bolandia pinnatifida florets in different stages
  • Bolandia pinnatifida flowerhead buds
  • Bolandia pinnatifida in two minds about colouring
  • Bolandia pinnatifida leaf upper part
  • Bolandia pinnatifida leaves and stem-bases
  • Bolandia pinnatifida loosened fruits
  • Bolandia pinnatifida open flowerhead
  • Caesia contorta
  • Caesia contorta flower
  • Caesia contorta from behind
  • Caesia contorta green ovary

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Pink-purple florets on Bolandia pinnatifida flowerheads are less seen than creamy white ones. The extra colouring is present in this Biedouw Valley stand of plants, occurring in only few flowerheads and inconsistently to one side of some heads only.

The finger-like involucral bracts with pointed tips hold the floret bases firmly together. Once the floret corollas of a head exceed the grasp of its involucre, it becomes another matter. As florets gradually open into funnel-shape, they push outwards at the top to gain the space required for stamen and style, also for pollinator access. This is not destructive but determined, like the behaviour of an animated spectator crowd, focussing elsewhere.

The sparse and uneven short white hairs on the involucre appear woolly, not nearly as dense as down on the conic receptacle (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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