Caputia pyramidata (Dc.) B.Nord. & Pelser

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Caputia

Characteristics

Succulent, perennial shrub, up to 1 m high, erect. Flowering stems simple, short, thick, white-woolly, densely leafy below, nude above. Leaves sessile, ± linear, acute, glabrous or cobwebby, up to 75 mm long. Inflorescence a thyrsoid raceme, 50-300 mm long. Capitula many, radiate, disc and rays (10-12, broad, spreading bright yellow; involucre campanulate, white-woolly bracts 10-12, 8 mm long; calyculus bracts few, white-woolly. Flowering time July-Nov. Cypselae cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, ribbed, furrows ± hairy.
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Thick-stemmed, white-woolly, fleshy-leaved shrub to 40 cm. Leaves cylindric, succulent, crowded at tops of branches. Flower heads radiate, large, in small clusters on long, naked peduncles, yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Caputia pyramidata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123775-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334476
COL ID QTY5
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Synonyms

Senecio pyramidatus Caputia pyramidata