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Piptocarpha lechleri

Botanic Family
Asteraceae
Author
(Schultz-Bipontinus) Baker

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High climbing liana or shrub with tomentuoise stems. Coriaceous leaves to 220mm x 100mm, glabrous above & tomentose beneath. Axillary umbels of 9-16 heads with 10-20 florets, white flowers to 10mm x 5.5mm, white glabrate corolla to 5mm long with lobes to 2.5mm long. Glabrous or sparsely pilose achenes to 3.5mm long with white pappus bristles to 6mm long.

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