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Home Home » TYPES » Shrubs » Blepharis capensis old spike, new branches
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Blepharis capensis old spike, new branches

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  • Artemisia afra
  • Artemisia afra leaves
  • Athrixia elata
  • Athrixia elata
  • Blepharis
  • Blepharis capensis
  • Blepharis capensis flowers
  • Blepharis capensis in flower
  • Blepharis capensis old spike, new branches
  • Blepharis capensis stem-tip
  • Blepharis capensis young leaves
  • Blepharis furcata
  • Blepharis furcata flowers
  • Blepharis furcata leaves
  • Brillantaisia cicatricosa
  • Brillantaisia cicatricosa
  • Caesalpinia bracteata

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New Blepharis capensis growth has pinkish red stems. Pairs of stem-spines angle out below the leaves at the nodes.

The young stems in picture surround the old inflorescence spike, showing a column of brown, withered flowers with spiny calyces. The flowers had grown at the central stem-tip earlier, before it developed side-branches.

A flower spike contains from four to nine flowers (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; JSTOR).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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