Английская Википедия:Cassinia scabrida
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Cassinia scabrida commonly known as rough cassinia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to forests with rocky granite outcrops in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy foliage, linear leaves, and large numbers of greenish-white heads of flowers arranged in dense corymbs.
Description
Cassinia scabrida is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt, its branches covered with cottony and glandular hairs. The leaves are linear, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, the edges rolled under. The flower heads are Шаблон:Cvt long, pale greenish white, each head with four or five creamy-white florets surrounded by ten to fifteen overlapping involucral bracts. The heads are arranged in groups of hundred to thousands in corymbs Шаблон:Cvt in diameter. Flowering occurs from November to February and the achenes are Шаблон:Cvt long, usually lacking a pappus.[1]
Taxonomy and naming
Cassinia scabrida was first formally described in 2004 by Anthony Edward Orchard in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Corryong in 2004.[2] The specific epithet (scabrida) means "somewhat rough".[3]
Distribution and habitat
Rough cassinia grows in the shrubby understorey of forests, near granite outcrops in mountain areas of north-eastern Victoria.[1]
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