PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / LAMIALES / SCROPHULARIACEAE / SELAGINEAE / CROMIDON / MICROECHINOS

Cromidon microechinos Hilliard
LC Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Sprawling, hairy annual, up to 100 mm tall, with acute, retrorse hairs. Leaves elliptic, tapering to broad, flat petiolar part, hairy, sometimes obscurely toothed. Flowers in heads, sometimes these in panicles, 4-lobed, white, calyx spiky with long spreading hairs. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 456-457. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Sprawling, hairy annual to 10 cm. Leaves elliptic, hairy, sometimes obscurely toothed. Flowers in heads, sometimes these in panicles, 4-lobed, white. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon Compton. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 735-735. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Rocky slopes in seasonally damp places. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 456-457. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Rocky slopes. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon Compton. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 735-735. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Kamiesberg Mountains to Cederberg Mountains to Hex River Mountains to Swartberg Mountains. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 456-457. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Namaqualand to Hex River Mtns to Swartberg. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon Compton. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 735-735. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

September to November

Altitude

1200 to 1675 m

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Residence status

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

Accepted name
Cromidon microechinos Hilliard
Synonym(s)

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Lamiales

FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

TRIBE Selagineae

GENUS Cromidon

SPECIES microechinos

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Specimen records

Barcode: NBG1573303-0 Collector(s) & number: Jardine, I, 3344 | 2020-9-29

South Africa, Western Cape, Knolfontein Swartruggens. 60 km N E of Ceres.

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Barcode: NBG0273820-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 37055 | 1990-10-7

South Africa, Western Cape, Vleiberg. Ceres.

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Barcode: PRE0657157-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 36130 | 1983-10-16

South Africa, Western Cape, WUPPERTHAL; CERES DIST.; BOKKEVELD SNEEUKOP EAST SIDE, ON BURNT AREAS SHALE BAND, SOUTH ASPECT

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Barcode: PRE0162274-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 23702 | 1954-10-16

South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAQUALAND; GARIES; KHAMIESBERG NR. GARIES ON WELKOM

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Barcode: PRE0870886-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 37055 | 1990-10-7

South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres. Vleiberg.

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Barcode: NBG1465454-0 Collector(s) & number: Jardine, I, 2355 | 2015-10-6

South Africa, Western Cape, Knolfontein, Swartruggens. 60 km NE of Ceres.

General notes: See 2553. ? Same as 2553, but mainly single erect branches and more flowers.

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2013

SERIES CHAPTER

Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon Snijman, DA

In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 456-457

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2012

SERIES CHAPTER

Scrophulariaceae: Cromidon Compton Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P

In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 735-735

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

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Status

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Assessor(s)

Plantae Coordinator

Bibliography

BOOK
Gibbs Russell, G.E., Reid, C., van Rooy, J. and Smook, L. 1985. List of species of southern African plants, edn 2, Part 1. Cryptograms, Gymnosperms, Monocotyledons. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa. Botanical Research Institute

GENERIC
Gibbs Russell, G.E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N.P., Anderson, H.M. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa. Botanical Research Institute. 58:1-437

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giddy, C. 1973. Aloes from seed. Journal of the Botanical Society of South Africa. 59:41-44

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giddy, C. 1990. Focus on Encephalartos ngoyanus. Encephalartos. 23:3-9

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