Baccharoides lasiopus (O.Hoffm.) H.Rob.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Baccharoides

Characteristics

A shrub or woody herb. It can grow 3 m tall. It can be climbing and grow 4.5 m long. The stems branch near the flowers. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and wedge shaped or rounded at the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.7 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In East Africa it grow between 1,050 and 2,650 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Baccharoides lasiopus leaf picture by Leigh Winowiecki (cc-by-sa)
Baccharoides lasiopus leaf picture by Leigh Winowiecki (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Baccharoides lasiopus flower picture by Leigh Winowiecki (cc-by-sa)
Baccharoides lasiopus flower picture by Leigh Winowiecki (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Baccharoides lasiopus world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Conservation status

Baccharoides lasiopus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962412-1
WFO ID wfo-0000031416
COL ID K7VZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Baccharoides lasiopus Vernonia kaessneri Vernonia lasiopus Vernonia brownii Baccharoides lasiopus var. lasiopus

Lower taxons

Baccharoides lasiopus var. iodocalyx Baccharoides lasiopus var. caudata Baccharoides lasiopus var. acuta Baccharoides lasiopus var. grandiceps