Derivation of specific name
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acutatum: pointed, referring to the pointed leaves.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum acutatum DC. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159450
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb up to 55 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock, covered in dense greyish-buff indumentum. Basal leaves up to 17 × 5.5 cm, ovate-oblong; apex pointed or mucronate; margin crenate all the way to the clasping base; stem leaves ± oblong, 4-8 cm long, sessile, sometimes auriculate. Capitula forming a dense corymbose terminal head. Involucral bracts shining yellow, 3-4-seriate, up to 7 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate. Florets yellow.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum acutatum DC. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159450
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local and uncommon
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum acutatum DC. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and S Africa as far as the Eastern Cape.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Helichrysum acutatum DC. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings