Haplocarpha
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Haplocarpha (probably from Greek for single chaff, in reference to the 1-rowed chaffy pappus). Compositae. Stemless perennials with a woody rhizome: radical lvs. short-petioled, entire or lyrato-pinnatifid, white-tomentose beneath: scapes 1-headed, longer than lvs.: fr. 3-5-ribbed, provided at base with tufts of hairs, naked or hairy above, with a crown of small, pointed pappus-scales.—Four or five species from the Cape region. H. scapdsa, Harv., resembles an acaulescent species of Arctotis: lvs. lanceolate to elliptic, 3-9 in. long, green above, white-woolly beneath: peduncles many times longer than lvs., bearing a solitary clear yellow fl.-head, 1 ½ - 2 ½ in. across. G.C. III. 40:124. Sometimes planted in the open, but not hardy N. L. H. B.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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