Bupleurum mundtii Cham. & Schltdl.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bupleurum

Characteristics

Tufted, perennial herb, 0.3-0.6(-1.0) m high, from woody base. Leaves ± crowded at base of stem, lax above, linear (grass-like), attenuate to somewhat stem-clasping base, apex acute to apiculate (leaves narrowly obovate with rounded apex in a coastal grassland form in Kei Mouth area), margins entire. Rays 5-8, 25-33 mm long. Involucre of 3(-5) very narrowly ovate bracts, as long as umbellules. Flowers yellow. Calyx teeth obsolete. Stylopodium depressed, styles recurved. Flowering time (Aug.-)Dec.-Feb. Fruit oblong, 4 x 2 mm; mericarps with 5 acute ridges or prominent veins; vittae several per vallecula.
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Perennial herb. Flowering stems up to 1 m high; erect, slender, glabrous. Leaves radical, grass-like; blade linear-subulate, 400 x 10 mm, parallel-veined. Flowers: inflorescence loosely branched, umbels few, delicate; involucral bracts narrowly ovate; yellow; Nov.-Jul. Fruit elliptic, not compressed, ribbed.
Tufted perennial to 60 cm, from woody base. Leaves mostly basal, linear to oblanceolate, grass-like. Flowers in compound umbels on branched peduncles, yellow. Fruit narrowly oblong in dorsal view, mericarps isodiametric, ribbed, vittae present, 3 to 4 between each rib, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
Tufted perennial, up to 0.6 m tall, base woody. Leaves simple, linear to oblanceolate, grass-like. Flowers yellow. Fruit narrowly oblong in dorsal view, mericarps isodiametric, ribbed, homomorphic, vittae present, 3 or 4 between each rib, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
Distinguished by the perennial, branched habit and slender, grass-like leaves (easily mistaken for a tuft of grass when not in flower).
Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves linear-subulate, parallel-veined. Bracts lanceolate. Fruit oblong. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Bupleurum mundtii world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839273-1
WFO ID wfo-0000575577
COL ID NVSW
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Bupleurum mundtii Bupleurum gracilescens Bupleurum falcatum var. africanum Bupleurum sulcatum