Phaenocoma prolifera (L.) D.Don

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Phaenocoma is a genus of South African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The name is derived from the Greek roots φαίνω (to shine) and κόμη (hair), which refer to dry and shiny involucral bracts.

 

Cape Strawflower in bloom

Species

There is only one known species, Phaenocoma prolifera (Cape strawflower). The Strawflower is native to cool, well-drained, sandy, mineral soils - often on slopes. It occurs in full sun, in mountain and valley Fynbos shrublands, throughout the southern parts of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Description

It grows to over a meter in height, and tapers at the top, often forming a Christmas-tree shape. The leaves are tiny, rounded, and densely cover the stems.

The purple and pink flowers mostly appear in Spring, on the tips of the upper branches, though they remain for most of the year. What look like petals are actually the bracts. They are rigid, papery and dry and do not wilt. When cut as ornamentals, the flowers also last for years, provided that they are kept dry. For this reason, it is one of several species which are given the nickname "Everlasting". (The other plants commonly given this name include species of Syncarpha, Helichrysum and Edmondia) The flowers remain on the bushes and become gradually more pale through the summer.

Taxonomy

The genus, and its sole surviving species, is an archaic and outlying relict plant.

Phaenocoma - Wikipedia

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식물 용어로, involucral 포엽 또는 tegule라고도하는 phyllary는 복합 꽃의 involucre의 단일 포엽입니다.  involucre는 포엽을 함께 그룹화하는 것입니다. phyllaries는 꽃 머리 바로 아래에 하나 이상의 소용돌이를 형성하는 축소된 잎 모양의 구조입니다.

필라리 - 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (wikipedia.org)