Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.71.08
Lanaria lanata
Synonym: Dilatris hexandra.
English: Cape edelweiss; Lambtails.
Genus: 1 species; single in Lanariaceae.
Region: southern coast of South Africa.
Botany: habitat clay and sandstone soils, fynbos; leaves stiff, ribbed, evergreen, channelled, finely serrate along the margins, on a woody rootstock; inflorescence densely, woolly, white heads; flowers mauve, profuse following fires.