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Pteronia incana

Pteronia incana
Common names: ash bush, blue bush, wild lavender bush (Eng.), asbos, asbossie, bloubos, laventelbossie, kraakbos (Afr.).
Family: Asteraceae

... thanks Lize Labuscagne for the provision of images of Pteronia incana , as credited. Pteronia incana is a low-growing, dense shrub with an average ... forming a fine, rounded, mounding shape. Most often, Pteronia incana has a short, single stem, allowing branches ...

16 / 08 / 2021 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG
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Pteronia paniculata

Pteronia paniculata
Common names: gum-bush (Eng.); gombos, gombossie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... thanks Lize Labuscagne and Naomi Mdayi for photos of  Pteronia paniculata in flower.   A low-growing, ... leave the central branches and grow separately upright.  Pteronia paniculata is often found growing as a multi-stemmed ... fruit that does not open to release the seed.   Pteronia paniculata is found naturally growing in Namibia and ...

22 / 03 / 2021 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG
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Pteronia aspera

Pteronia aspera
Common names: sand gumbush (Eng.); sandgombos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... name, gomknoppe , meaning ‘gummy heads’. Several Pteronia species are characterised by their long sticky ... janseii have also been collected on the flowers of Pteronia species. Tarcardia lac insects on Pteronia inguilata secreted much honeydew, which was heavily ...

07 / 10 / 2019 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pteronia stricta

Plant in flower
Common names: kaatjiegert, kaatjiegertbossie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Yellow flower heads (capitula) appear September to July. Pteronia stricta is found on the moist upper slopes of the ... Karoo winter rainfall regions and can handle light frost. Pteronia stricta is found in abundance in rocky, sandy or loamy soils in more arid areas. Pteronia stricta grows at moist upper mountain slopes on poor ...

06 / 10 / 2014 | Hannelie Snyman | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pteronia uncinata

Growing in Kirstenboschj
Common names: coast gumbush (Eng.); strandgombos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Zoleka Maphanga Millennium Seed Bank February 2014   Pteronia uncinata is an erect, multi-stemmed rounded shrublet ... Flowering time is in summer, from December to April.   Pteronia uncinata occurs naturally on coastal sands in the ... gardens. Little is known about the ecology of this plant. Pteronia Pteronia uncinata is best suited as a subject in a ...

17 / 02 / 2014 | Zoleka Maphanga | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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