Athanasia pinnata L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Athanasia

Characteristics

Densely hairy shrub, 0.7-1.5 m high. Leaves alternate, deeply serrate, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, densely hairy. Capitula discoid, many in dense, rounded, compound corymbs, pedunculate; involucre narrowly campanulate to oblong, tapering at base; bracts imbricate, narrowly ovate to oblong, acute or apiculate, densely hairy. Receptacle paleate, paleae oblong, acute, glabrous. Disc florets tubular below, campanulate above, with scattered glands on tube, yellow. Flowering time Aug.-Mar. Pappus absent. Cypselae cylindric, 14-18-ribbed.
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Densely leafy, grey-velvety shrub to 2 m. Leaves pinnatisect with linear to filiform lobes. Flower heads discoid, in dense, terminal, compound corymbs, yellow, paleate, florets 15-20, glandular-hairy.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.5
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Distribution

Athanasia pinnata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182799-1
WFO ID wfo-0000093705
COL ID J9SV
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Synonyms

Athanasia pinnata Morysia pinnata