Chascanum pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum

Variety

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Chascanum > Chascanum pinnatifidum

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.1-0.5 m high; taproot woody; stems few to many, branched from near base, spreading. Leaves subsessile to shortly petiolate; deeply pinnatipartite to pinnati-lobed, 25-38 x 19 mm; leaf segments narrowly oblong to linear or sometimes oblong-triangular; obtuse or subacute, entire; hispidulous on both surfaces. Inflorescence of 1-many-flowered racemes, terminal on branches and branchlets. Flowers white. Calyx straight, puberulous outside; fruiting calyx oblong-ovoid, yellowish. Corolla: tube straight, slender, abruptly expanded into a flat limb. Flowering time Nov.-Apr. Fruit: mericarps broader and thicker at base, rounded at apex, prominently reticulate-alveolate with an irregularly dentate margin.
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Perennial herb, 0.1-0.5 m high. Stems and branches shortly pubescent, eglandular. Leaves with blade deeply lobed, 10-50 x 10-30 mm, segments 5-7, decurrent, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, margins entire. Flowers: in abbreviated, usually few-flowered spikes, 10-45 mm long; corolla with tube 18-25 mm long, white, cream-coloured or dull yellow; Nov.-Mar. Fruit with cocci not separating spontaneously when ripe.
Undershrub, 300 mm tall. Leaf blades deeply pinnatifid. Spikes abbreviated, 10-45 mm long, usually few-flowered. Cocci not separating spontaneously when ripe. Flowers white, cream or dull yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Chascanum pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77167856-1
WFO ID wfo-0000840615
COL ID 5N26S
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Synonyms

Chascanum pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum