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Buchu Gumbush

Pteronia glauca

Buchu Gumbush
Photo: (c) Noeleen du Toit, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Botswana to Namibia and Free State

About

Pteronia glauca ("Geelboegoekaroo") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa.

Where it grows

The distribution of this species is across the arid interior Karoo regions of South Africa. It occurs from the Namaqualand, through the Great Karoo and Little Karoo, into the Eastern Cape Province.

Other Pteronia plants

Ash Gumbush · Pteronia oppositifolia · Scholtzbush · Common Gumbush · Pteronia spinulosa · Pteronia villosa · Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pteronia glauca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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