Hilliardiella flanaganii (E. Phillips) H. Rob., Skvarla & V.A. Funk comb. nov.

Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. flanaganii E. Phillips, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 16(2): 116. 1925.

Vernonia flanaganii (E. Phillips) Hilliard, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42(2): 238. 1985.

Note.

Distinguished as a variety from typical Vernonia hirsuta DC. by Phillips (1925) by the narrow, not cordate, bases of the lower leaves and the long-acuminate tips of the involucral bracts that equal or exceed the pappus.

Distribution.

South Africa (Natal).