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

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Caputia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, succulent, cobwebby (young) to glabrous (old). Stems absent, very short or up to 0.4 m long and branched. Leaves crowded at tips of stems or basally, cylindrical, linear, apex often flattened, subspathulate, up to 80 mm long, silvery. Inflorescence a lax panicle, 1-5-headed; peduncles up to 400 mm long, ± nude. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (± 12) yellow; involucre cobwebby, broadly campanulate; bracts 10-12, 7-8 mm long; calyculus bracts few, up to 4 mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Cypselae cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, ribbed, ± glabrous.
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Silver-leaved, tufted succulent to 40 cm. Leaves lanceolate, fleshy, densely cobwebby. Flower heads radiate, large, in lax panicles on thinly white-woolly peduncles, yellow, involucres sparsely calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
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Images

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Distribution

Caputia scaposa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123771-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334475
COL ID QTY6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio scaposus Senecio calamifolius Cacalia tomentosa Caputia scaposa Senecio scaposus var. scaposus

Lower taxons

Caputia scaposa var. caulescens Caputia scaposa var. addoensis