| False Everlasting | |
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| Phaenocoma prolifera in flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Phaenocoma (L.) D.Don |
| Species | |
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Phaenocoma prolifera |
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Phaenocoma is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family[1]. The name is derived from the Greek root φαίνω (to shine) and κόμη (hair), which refer to dry and shiny involucral bracts. It contains the single Fynbos species: