Cineraria lobata l'hér.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb or subshrublet. Stems glabrous or cobwebby, glabrescent, slender (2-4 mm in diam. at base), woody and branching near the base. Upper leaves deltoid to deltoid-reniform, distinctly and sharply 5-lobed, sometimes with one or two lateral pinnae, lower leaves deltoid-reniform to reniform, thinly cobwebby to glabrous above and cobwebby to glabrous below, young leaves sometimes thickly cobwebby, fine trichomes, thick cobwebby axils and buds; auricles small, lanceolate, caducous. Capitula small to medium, few (4-8) to many (12-42) per stem, on short peduncles (4-32 mm long). Involucral bracts 8-12(-13), (3.5-)4-5 mm long, glabrous; rays 5-8(rarely 9), 6-11.5 mm long; limb 3.5-9 mm long; (18-)22-30 disc florets; corolla 4-5 mm long. Cypselae dark brown, margined, ciliate and hairy to sparsely hairy (rarely with glabrous faces), 2.2-3.0 mm long when mature.
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Perennial herb or subshrub, up to ± 0.6 m high. Leaves deltoid-reniform to reniform, distinctly 5-7-lobed; glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy below, auricles small or conspicuous, auriform. Capitula few (2-12) to many (14-90) per stem branch, usually in a lax panicle; peduncles 2-65 mm long, glabrous; involucral bracts (5-)8-10(-13), glabrous. Ray florets (3-)5(-8). Disc florets (7-)16-28(-43). Flowering time Aug.-Jan. (winter rainfall area), May-July (summer rainfall area). Cypselae narrow-winged, brown with paler wing, ciliate and variously hairy on faces.
Herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves reniform in outline, glabrous; petioles of upper leaves with small auricles. Achenes hispid, ciliate on margins. Flowers yellow; February to July and in November.
Like C. geifolia but often ± glabrous, leaves more deeply lobed and flower heads smaller, usually with 7 or 8 involucral bracts and < 6 rays.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
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Soil texture 6-9
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Distribution

Cineraria lobata l'hér. world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:194781-1
WFO ID wfo-0000009365
COL ID VDWV
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cineraria lobata l'hér.

Lower taxons

Cineraria lobata subsp. lobata Cineraria lobata subsp. lasiocaulis