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Prickleheads
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Prickleheads

Crabbea

Crabbea is a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Africa. They are generally low-growing perennial herbs. The five-petaled flowers are surrounded by prickly bracts.

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17 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Flat Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea acaulis

Hairy Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea hirsuta

Narrowleaf Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea angustifolia

Velvet Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea velutina

Little Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea nana

Spindly Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea galpinii

Ovaleaf Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea ovalifolia

Crabbea kaessneri

speciesCrabbea kaessneri

Thistle Pricklehead

speciesCrabbea cirsioides

Crabbea zambiana

speciesCrabbea zambiana

Crabbea glandulosa

speciesCrabbea glandulosa

Crabbea coerulea

speciesCrabbea coerulea

Crabbea albolutea

speciesCrabbea albolutea

Crabbea thymifolia

speciesCrabbea thymifolia

Crabbea pinnatifida

speciesCrabbea pinnatifida

Crabbea migiurtina

speciesCrabbea migiurtina

Crabbea longipes

speciesCrabbea longipes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 490719.