Euploca personata (Thulin) Thulin

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type

S1, 17 km on road between Luuq and Garbaharrey, Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6977 (UPS holo., K iso.)

Morphology General Habit

Shrublet, up to 20 cm tall, hispid with ± appressed hairs; older stems with whitish peeling epidermis, brownish underneath

Morphology Leaves

Leaf-blades linear to linear-lanceolate, up to 8(–20) x 1(–2) mm, tapering below into a petiole-like base, acute at the apex, with revolute margins

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Flowers sessile in dense head-like few-flowered cymes; bracts leaf-like

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx hispid with ± appressed hairs outside; lobes lanceolate, unequal, 1.5–4.5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla white; tube 1.2–1.5 mm long, appressed pubescent outside in upper part, glabrous inside except for tufts of hairs just below the sinuses between the corolla-lobes; lobes 0.4–0.5 x 0.4–0.5 mm, pubescent outside

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style

Style 0.7–1 mm long; stigmatic head capitate, c. 0.2 mm long, papillate or with low projection in the middle

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Nutlets 4, c. 1.2 x 1.2 mm, appressed pubescent on the back, with a cavity on each inner surface.

Distribution

N2, 3; C1, 2; S1; E Ethiopia, Yemen

Ecology

Altitude range 125–1400 m.