Species Prismatocarpus lycopodioides
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Prismatocarpus:
Gk. prisma = a thin saw, hence angular; karpos = fruit. The slender inferior ovary becomes greatly elongated; the fruits are shaped like prisms.
Etymology of lycopodioides:
From the Greek ‘lyco’ / ‘lykos’ meaning ‘wolf’; and the Greek ‘podi’ / ‘pous’ meaning ‘foot’.
Scientific name:
Prismatocarpus lycopodioides A. DC.
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Unknown
Synonym status:
Sprawling , closely leafy, shortly hairy shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves imbricate, spreading-incurved or reflexed, small, oblong, coarsely ciliate. Flowers 1--5 in sub-racemose terminal cymes on wiry peduncles, cup-shaped, white to pinkish, c. 10 mm diam. Fruits 15--20 mm long. Nov.--Jan. Sandstone slopes in sheltered places, SW (Bainskloof to Stellenbosch Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Prismatocarpus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
15/02/2017 - 12:53pm
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