Bedfordia Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Trees or small shrubs. Leaves entire, cuneate basally with a short or poorly-defined petiole, pinnately veined; lower surface densely woolly. Capitula discoid, pedunculate, ecalyculate; peduncles densely woolly; involucral bracts in 2 ±equal series, free, woolly. Florets: corolla limb cream to yellow or orange; anthers shortly caudate; style branches obtuse, lacking a terminal appendage, papillose. Achenes homomorphic, cylindrical, with 10–14 longitudinal ribs. Pappus ±persistent.
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Images

Bedfordia unspecified picture

Distribution

Bedfordia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7867-1
WFO ID wfo-4000004301
COL ID 394V
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bedfordia

Lower taxons

Bedfordia arborescens Bedfordia salicina Bedfordia linearis