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Amberboa moschata (L.) Dc.

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Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Amberboa

Characteristics

Herbs 30-50 cm tall, annual or biennial. Stem solitary, branched or unbranched; stem and branches sparsely cobwebby floccose. Leaves glabrous or sparsely floccose. Lower stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade spatulate to elliptic, 6-7 × 1.5-2 cm, base attenuate, margin serrulate, apex obtuse to acute. Middle and upper stem leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, lyrately pinnatipartite. Uppermost leaves sessile or subsessile, margin serrulate. Involucre ovoid, 1.2-2 cm in diam. Phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, sparsely villous; outer phyllaries ovate, ca. 4 × 1.8 mm; middle phyllaries ovate to broadly ovate, 5-10 × 3-7 mm; inner phyllaries spatulate-elliptic to broadly linear, ca. 10 × 3-4 mm, with ovate to orbicular apical appendage. Corolla purple, 10-20-cleft, white villous; corolla of marginal florets much longer than inner ones. Achene brown, cylindric, ca. 5 mm, densely white villous. Pappus ca. 5 mm, rarely absent. 2n = 32.
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Stems with slender branches. Leaf blades oblanceolate, 10–25 cm, margins dentate to lyrate-pinnatifid; cauline blades linear to lanceolate, margins dentate to pinnately dissected into linear-lanceolate segments. Heads long-pedunculate, ca. 5 cm diam. Involucres thinly hairy. Phyllaries green, rounded, outer scarious margined, inner with oblong, scarious appendages . Florets fragrant; outer conspicuously expanded, many lobed. Cypselae dark brown, 3.5–4 mm, glabrous; pappus scales 3.5–4 mm. 2n = 32 (from cultivated material).
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.7
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses environmental use food ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-infective agents (seed)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Amberboa moschata world distribution map, present in Armenia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Slovakia, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008631-1
WFO ID wfo-0000114040
COL ID CKZP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Cyanus moschatus Amberboa moschata Centaurea moschata Centaurium moschatum Chryseis moschata Centaurea moschata var. moschata Amberboa moschata subsp. moschata Amberboa odorata var. glauca
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