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Scholtzbush

Pteronia pallens

Also called Pale Gumbush

Scholtzbush
Photo: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Cape Prov.

About

Pteronia pallens ("Scholtzbos" or "Aasvoëlbos / Witbas") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa. Its natural habitat is dry, rocky slopes. It often cooccurs with its close relatives, Pteronia paniculata or Pteronia incana.

Where it grows

This species occurs in the western Little Karoo, the western Great Karoo and into the Northern Cape Province.

Other Pteronia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pteronia pallens 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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