PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASTERALES / ASTERACEAE / ASTEROIDEAE / GNAPHALIEAE / ANAXETON / LAEVE
Suffrutex, normally little-branched, flowering branches woolly, ± closely leafy below and less leafy above, older parts glabrous and nude and marked with leaf-scars. Leaves suberect-patent, linear- narrowly elliptic, 1-3(-6) cm long and (1-)1.5-2(-3) mm wide, mucronate or shortly acuminate, pungent, smooth and glabrous on upper side, impressedly mid-veined above. Corymbophore when fully-developed (5-)10-20(-25) cm long and 1.5-2.5 mm in diameter, densely woolly. Corymb 1.5-3(-7) cm wide. Peduncles 20 mm long, densely woolly. Capitula 12-flowered. Involucral bracts 18-25. Outer bracts narrowly elliptic-elliptic (-narrowly ovate), 3-4 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide, light brown with deeper brown base and apex, often somewhat purplish in the middle, acute, outside and margins except apex white-sericeous. Middle bracts stipitate; claw narrowly elliptic-narrowly obovate, 2-3 mm long and c. 1 mm wide, light brown-light green, outside and margins sericeous-woolly; lamina circular or broadly elliptic-depressed obovate, 1.5-1.8 mm long and 1.5-2 mm wide, white, opaque, obtuse-truncate or somewhat emarginate. Inner bracts stipitate; claw narrowly elliptic-narrowly obovate, (1.5-)2.5-3 mm long and 0.5-1 mm wide, light brown-light green, outside and (especially) margins densely woolly; lamina circular-transversely broadly elliptic-depressed obovate, 1.5-2 mm long and 1-2 mm wide, white, opaque, obtuse-truncate or somewhat emarginate. Female floret(s) 1(-2). Corolla 2.2-2.5 mm long. Pappus bristles c. 10, normally as long as the corolla tube, otherwise as in male florets. Achene (narrowly) elliptic, (1.5-)1.8-2.1 mm long and 0.5-0.8 mm wide, deep brown, copiously white-woolly. Male florets 5-11. Corolla 2.5-3 mm long, often somewhat darker below the middle. Pappus bristles c. 15, normally as long as the corolla tube, whitish, flexuous, barbellate, somewhat broader towards the base, basally fused into an annulus. From: Lundgren, J. 1972. Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Opera Bot. 31: 5-59. [All rights reserved]
White-woolly shrublet to 45 cm. Leaves linear with revolute margins, green and glabrous above. Flower heads discoid, small, many in dense, rounded clusters on long peduncles, yellow, bracts whitish, outer silky, ovaries woolly. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Asteraceae: Anaxeton Gaertn. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 351-352. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Flowering specimens seen from all months except July, October, and November. A. laeve is not very variable. It is a distinct species, easily recognized by its very smooth leaves, copiously white-woolly achenes, and long and flexuous pappus bristles in both types of florets. There is an obvious distinction in some morphological characters between collections from the Cape Peninsula and Caledon Division, respectively. There is great variation in length of leaf within the range of distribution. From: Lundgren, J. 1972. Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Opera Bot. 31: 5-59. [All rights reserved]
The species grows on hillsides, often in rocky places, and has also been found in sandy banks. From: Lundgren, J. 1972. Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Opera Bot. 31: 5-59. [All rights reserved]
Sandstone slopes. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Asteraceae: Anaxeton Gaertn. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 351-352. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Disjunct in the Cape Peninsula, Stanford and Caledon. From: Lundgren, J. 1972. Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Opera Bot. 31: 5-59. [All rights reserved]
Cape Peninsula to Stanford. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Asteraceae: Anaxeton Gaertn. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 351-352. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
December to May
0 to 600 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Anaxeton asperum (Thunb.) DC. var. laeve Harv.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asterales
FAMILY Asteraceae
SUBFAMILY Asteroideae
TRIBE Gnaphalieae
GENUS Anaxeton
SPECIES laeve
26 results for Anaxeton laeve (Harv.) Lundgren
Barcode: PRE0613942-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 4799 | 1978-9-1
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON; VOGELGAT NATURE RESERVE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0177121-0 Collector(s) & number: Davis, DK, PRE 42607 | 1949-8-
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; KOMMETJIE; HILLSIDES
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0177125-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 1544 | 1974-4-13
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; KALK BAY MT.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1512021-0 Collector(s) & number: Mdayi, N, 7544 | 2019-8-13
South Africa, Western Cape, City of Cape Town. Elsie's Peak Nature Reserve.
General notes: Associated species: Metalasia densa, Erica plukenetti, Willdenowia glomerata, Leucadendron sp., Protea sp., Leucospermum sp.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0177118-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 3365 | 1962-6-1
South Africa, Western Cape, SIMONSTOWN DIST.; RED HILL; PINE FLATS ERICA RIDGE
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Barcode: PRE0177114-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 1505 | 1938-9-15
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; REDHILL
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Barcode: PRE0177120-0 Collector(s) & number: Pillans, NS, PRE 42606 | 1918-5-26
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; SIMONSTOWN; RIDGES W. OF RED HILL NR. TOWN
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Barcode: PRE0177123-0 Collector(s) & number: Bohlmann, F, 5 | 1971-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, BETW. OLD MINE & ROOI ELS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1465329-0 Collector(s) & number: Campbell, 2 | 2015-4-12
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Rocky outcrop along Kanonkop trail, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
General notes: Voucher for DNA study.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: GHPG$0003384-0 Collector(s) & number: Forrester, JA, s.n. | --
South Africa, Western Cape, Betty's Bay wetland E. of Bass Lake. Working for Wetlands.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0177119-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 4894 | 1963-6-25
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; PALMIET RIVER; RIVER MOUTH E. RIVERBANK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0203262-0 Collector(s) & number: Martinez-Azorin, M, 75 | 2005-10-16
South Africa, Western Cape, Table Mountain.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Mountain slope. Sandstone.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0797643-0 Collector(s) & number: Haynes, RA, H 88 | 1969-5-22
South Africa, Western Cape, Franschhoek District: Purgatory Outspan.
General notes: Det: J. Sundgren
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1465330-0 Collector(s) & number: Campbell, 3 | 2015-4-12
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Rocky outcrop along Kanonkop trail, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
General notes: Voucher for DNA study.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0177122-0 Collector(s) & number: Theron, GK, 2301 | 1970-3-31
South Africa, Western Cape, BETTY'S BAY; KOGELBERG RES.; PRINGLE PEAK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0633980-0 Collector(s) & number: Hugo, L, 3075 | 1982-5-16
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; SCARBOROUGH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Asteraceae: Anaxeton Gaertn. Manning, JC; Goldblatt, PIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 351-352
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1972
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Lundgren, JOpera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi 31: 5-59
No results found for Anaxeton laeve (Harv.) Lundgren
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