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Heterolepis aliena in Fernkloof

Heterolepis aliena in Fernkloof
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  • Hermbstaedtia glauca
  • Hermbstaedtia glauca flowerhead
  • Hertia alata
  • Hertia alata leafy branches
  • Heterolepis aliena
  • Heterolepis aliena before and after flowering
  • Heterolepis aliena flowerhead
  • Heterolepis aliena flowerheads
  • Heterolepis aliena in Fernkloof
  • Heterolepis aliena leaves
  • Heterolepis aliena opening of the florets
  • Heterolepis aliena out-curved bracts
  • Heterolepis aliena stem-tip achievements
  • Heterorhachis aculeata
  • Heterorhachis aculeata bracts covering the flowerhead
  • Heterorhachis aculeata disc floret anthers
  • Heterorhachis aculeata leaf lobe twisting

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Heterolepis aliena, yet another daisy-flowering plant of the Asteraceae family, belongs to a genus of three species, all South African. The fynbos also has H. peduncularis with long flower stalks and smaller, less conspicuous flowerheads. H. mitis, a straggling shrublet that reaches 20 cm in height, grows on rocky hillsides in the Eastern Cape from the Kouga Mountains to Uitenhage, flowering in January.

The rock daisy in picture, photographed in December in Fernkloof at Hermanus, shows glimpses of white stems where the needle-like leaves fail to cover them. The leaf tips curve inwards. They have some yellow discolouring from the dry summer season. The often seen cobwebby appearance of the leaves from hairiness near the stem tips is in evidence (Manning, 2007; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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