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BLUMEA P.P. sensu auct.
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Wild, H. (1968-9) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 2. Inuleae (in part). Kirkia 7(1) 121-135
Aromatic annual or perennial herbs; stems winged, with resin ducts. Leaves alternate, dentate, hairy, decurrent. Capitula disciform, terminal, forming a large lax inflorescence; flowers mauve, pink or yellow. Phyllaries narrow, the outer often recurved. Receptacle flat, without scales. Outer florets female, filiform, 3-lobed; inner florets bisexual, 5-lobed. Anthers without tails. Style 2-fid; with obtuse sweeping hairs reaching below the fork. Achenes cylindric, hairy, without resin ducts. Pappus of free barbellate bristles in 1 row; each bristle with appressed teeth. Derivation of name: after Dr Franz Josef Lagger, Swiss physician and botanist, 1802-1870 Worldwide: 17 species in tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Asia Burundi: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| brevipes Oliv. & Hiern | ||
| crispata (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I. Wood | Description, Image | |
| elatior R.E.Fr. | ||
| gracilis (O.Hoffm. & Muschl.) C.D.Adams |
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