Berkheya coriacea Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Berkheya

Characteristics

Frutex erectus ramosus verisimiliter cr. 30-60 cm altus. Rami usque ad capitula ± aequaliter foliati, albidivel cinerei-tomentosi, in partibus vetustioribus glabrescentes et cortice fusco vel cinereo obtecti. Folia alterna, coriacea, ambitu lanceolata vel obovati-lanceolata vel subelliptica, 2-3(-4) cm longa, 5-15 mm lata supremis sensim minoribus, apice acuta, in spinam 2-4 mm longam atri-fuscam excurrentia, in petiolum brevem angustata, margine subrevoluta vel revoluta, spinosi-dentata dentibus utrinque cr. 2-5 interdum inconspicuis in spinas ei in apice similes excurrentibus, supra glabra vel primum levissime tomentosa, deinde glabrescentia, opaca, subtus albi-vel cinerei-tomentosa. Capitula in apicibus ramorum solitaria, radiata, ligulis expansis 4-5(-6) cm diam. Involucri squamae patentes, pauciseriatae, extus tomentosae (intimis subglabris exceptis), intus glabrae, spinosi-acuminatae, exteriores lineari-lanceolatae, 2-3(-5) mm latae, margine spinis eis in foliis similibus in 2-4 iugis obsitae, sequentes sensim paulum angustiores et denique lineari-subulatae, 1-1.5 mm latae, margine densius et brevius spinosi-ciliatae et denique setulosi-ciliatae, mediae (10-)15-20 mm longae, ceterae breviores. Margines alveolarum receptaculi in dentes breves productae. Achaenia cr. 1.5-2.5 mm longa, pilis sericeis dense obtecta. Pappi squamae subbiseriatae, cr. 10+10, lanceolatae, acutae, denticulatae, 1.5-2 mm longae.
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White-woolly shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves oblanceolate, discolorous, leathery, margins revolute, toothed and spiny. Flower heads radiate, solitary at branch tips, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Berkheya coriacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184534-1
WFO ID wfo-0000089728
COL ID 5WJTJ
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Synonyms

Crocodilodes coriacea Berkheya coriacea