Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum psiadiifolium Mesfin & T.Reilly

First published in Advances Compos. Syst.: 422 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Type
C1, 10 km on Masagaweyn–Bud Bud road, Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7423 (K holo., UPS iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrub, 1–1.5 m high; stems densely glandular, the uppermost branches tomentellous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 2–6.5 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse and apiculate, glabrous, densely glandular and aromatic, slightly 3-veined from the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Capitula shortly stalked in terminal dense cymes; involucre 3.5–4 mm long; inflorescence axes white-tomentose and glandular; phyllaries pale yellow, ovate or lanceolate, 2–3.3 mm long, obtuse, with membranous margins and apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets yellow, 24–27, all bisexual, 2.8–3.2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes (immature) 0.4–0.6 mm long, glabrous; pappus white, 1.7–2 mm long.
Distribution
C1 only known from the type collection.
Ecology
Altitude c. 50 m.
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0