Species Heliophila cornuta
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Heliophila:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; philein = to love. The plant likes a sunny position.
Etymology of cornuta:
From the Latin ‘cornuta’ / ‘cornutus’ meaning ‘horned’
Scientific name:
Heliophila cornuta Sond.
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Unknown
Synonym status:
Shrublet to 1.5 m, sometimes minutely hairy below. Leaves exstipulate, filiform to linear-oblanceolate, fleshy and subterete. Flowers white, mauve or blue, petals with basal appendages, ovules 14--38. Fruits moniliform, 30--100 mm long. July--Nov. Stony flats and slopes, NW, SW, KM, SE (S Namibia and W Karoo to Riviersonderend and Uniondale).
Observations of Taxon
Heliophila cornuta
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 12:33pm
Collection:
Heliophila cornuta
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 1:41pm
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