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Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & Pelser

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Caputia

Characteristics

Erect-stemmed, succulent shrublet, up to 1.2 m tall, stems 10-15 mm diam., leafless below and branching at tips, white-felted when young. Leaves crowded at branch tips, fusiform-cylindrical or biconvex with flattened tip, mostly 40-60 x 10-12 mm, white-felted. Flowerheads solitary on white-felted, bracteate peduncles up to 150 mm long, disciform with marginal florets female and filiform, yellow; involucre cylindrical-campanulate, 15-20 mm diam., bracts 10-15, 15-20 x 3-5 mm, obtuse and fleshy, bracteoles 1-3, bract-like.
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Erect, perennial shrublet, up to 0.5 m high, white-felty. Stems few, branching basally, leafy above. Leaves sessile, fusiform or subcylindrical, up to 100 mm long. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle ± 90 mm long. Capitula solitary, campanulate, discoid, yellow; involucral bracts 8-12, 15-18 mm long; calyculus bracts few, large. Flowering time July-Mar. Cypselae cylindrical, ± ribbed, hairy, 3.5 mm long.
Thick-stemmed, white-felted shrub to 70 cm. Leaves in terminal clusters, cylindric or fusiform, succulent, white-felted. Flower heads discoid, large, mostly solitary on thickly felted peduncles, yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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 6-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Caputia tomentosa world distribution map, present in Myanmar and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123770-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334474
COL ID QTY7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kleinia cana Notonia vestita Kleinia haworthii Senecio quinquangulatus Senecio vestitus Kleinia tomentosa Senecio haworthii Cacalia haworthii Senecio haworthii Cacalia tomentosa Caputia tomentosa Cacalia canescens
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