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Genus: Rosenia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Gnaphalieae

The four species are endemic to southern Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Rosenia glandulosa 

Grysperdekaroo, Klierbos [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 176; Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 172.

Rosenia humilis

 

Rosenia oppositifolia

Blouperdekaroo [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 176.

Rosenia spinescens

 

Publications

  • Bremer, K. 1976. The genus Rosenia (Compositae). Botaniska Notiser 129: 97-111.