Serra do Cipó is a protected national park (APA - Área de Proteção Ambiental Morro da Pedreira) located at the north of the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte and is part of the Cordilheira do Espinhaço (in its southern part).
Since few years, this part of the Serra do Cipó, at the foot of the village of Lapinha is open to tourism and is accessed by a dirt track. This region of the Serra do Cipó has two peaks, the Pico da Lapinha which lies at an altitude of 1686 meters and its neighbor, the Pico do Breu barely above.
Region : Mountains of Cipó State : Minas Gerais
-Botanical data-
Botanical family : Asteraceae ou Compositae Scientific name : Dasyphyllum velutinum (Baker) Cabrera
Popular Name(s) : Unregistred in the database
(Common names given to plants have very different origins, and thus may be different from one state to another or even from one municipality to another.)
Geographical distribution (States) : Bahia,Goiás,Minas Gerais,
Habitat : Well exposed terrain Flowering : May to November Description : Shrub of roughly 2-3 m in height. La stem is thorny and rough to the touch. The leaves are covered with short gray fluff on both sides. The flower bud is in the a capsule which will release the white flower.
Botanical data published on this page are from the following books :
− Plantas do Brasil − Espécies do Cerrado de Mário Guimarães Ferri. Editora Edgard Blücher LTDA. − Guia das plantas do Cerrado utilizadas na Chapada dos Veadeiros de Suelma Ribeiro Silva, Anna Palmira Silva, Cássia Beatriz Munhoz, Manoel Cláudio Silva Jr, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros (Projeto Veadeiros créé pelo WWF Brasil). − Flores e frutos do Cerrado de Carolyn Proenca, Rafael S. Oliveira e Ana Palmira Silva, Edition Imprensa Oficial. − Flores da Serra da Calçada de Leda Afonso Martens, Rafael S. Oliveira e Ana Palmira Silva, Editora ufmg. − Vereda - Guia do campo de Cássia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz, Chsterton Ulysses Orlando Eugênio, Regina Célia de Oliveira do Rede de Sementes do Cerrado Site : http://www.rededesementesdocerrado.com.br.
Very well illustrated and documented divulgation book
