Blumea diffusa R.Br. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Blumea

Characteristics

Annual herb, erect to 25 cm high or decumbent or prostrate. Vegetative parts glandular, pilose or arachnoid, becoming glabrous with age; axils of radical leaves white-lanuginose. Leaves sessile; radical leaves spathulate, oblanceolate or obovate, 10–60 mm long, 5–20 mm wide, entire or variously toothed, obtuse or acute; cauline leaves elliptic, ovate, obovate, oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, becoming bract-like distally, 3–28 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, entire or toothed, obtuse or acute. Capitula 5–10 mm long, solitary, on fine peduncles to 15 cm long; involucral bracts pilose to villous, becoming glabrous with age; receptacle flat to slightly convex, glabrous. Florets yellow; disc floret corolla lobes glandular. Achenes 0.5 mm long, faintly ribbed.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Environment

Usually on sandy soils and often associated with sandstone.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Blumea diffusa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185545-1
WFO ID wfo-0000125889
COL ID M7FS
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Synonyms

Blumea dentata Blumea scapigera Blumea integrifolia var. diffusa Blumea diffusa