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Hirpicium integrifolium

Hirpicium integrifolium
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  • Heterorhachis aculeata disc floret anthers
  • Heterorhachis aculeata leaf lobe twisting
  • Heterorhachis aculeata leaf spines
  • Heterorhachis aculeata open flowerhead
  • Heterorhachis aculeata raceme of buds
  • Heterorhachis aculeata ray florets nearly opening
  • Heterorhachis aculeata recurving stigma branches
  • Heterorhachis aculeata stem-tip
  • Hirpicium integrifolium
  • Hirpicium integrifolium flowerhead before opening
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  • Hoplophyllum spinosum fruit
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  • Hoplophyllum spinosum new erect stems after rain
  • Hoplophyllum spinosum red buds
  • Hoplophyllum spinosum stem
  • Hoplophyllum spinosum stem-tip

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Description

Hirpicium integrifolium, in Afrikaans known as haarbossie (little hair bush), is a much branched, rounded shrublet conspicuously covered in bristly hairs. The plant grows to 50 cm.

The distribution of the species is in the east of the Western Cape to the west of the Eastern Cape from about Worcester to Willowmore, mainly in the Little Karoo. The habitat is varied shrubland in clay soils. The plant is palatable to game and livestock, its presence a sign of well managed veld. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century.

There are 12 species in this genus of the Asteraceae family (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010; JSTOR; http://redlist.sanbi.org).

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