Cineraria vagans Hilliard

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cineraria

Characteristics

Perennial suffrutex, erect or diffuse, to c. 0.35 m tall. Stems woody towards the base, branched, especially towards the base, glabrous. Leaves reniform, rarely with 1or 2 lateral pinnae; lamina 5-22 x 6-32 mm, glabrous, slightly succulent; apex obtuse to rounded; margin coarsely dentate; base cuneate to truncate, occasionally subcordate; petiole 12-31 mm long, glabrous, but often with woolly buds in axils; auricles absent. Capitula heterogamous, radiate, few (2-8) to many (c. 24) in a lax corymbose panicle; peduncles 10-67 mm long, glabrous, minutely bracteate. Involucre calyculate, though sparsely so with bracts descending; phyllaries 8-12, 5-6 mm long, glabrous; margins scarious. Ray florets 5-6, 7.5-9.0 mm long; limb 4-6 mm long, 4-veined. Disc florets 16-22; corolla 4-6 mm long. Cypselae obovate, compressed, margined, dark brown, sometimes with paler margins, (2.6-)3.0-3.5 mm long, ciliate and hairy on both faces. Pappus c. 4 mm long.
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Perennial herb, diffuse, straggling, with slender, decumbent stems. Leaves reniform, shallowly lobed, rarely with 1 or 2 pinnae below lamina; glabrous; auricles absent or petiole base widens slightly. Capitula solitary, rarely paired; peduncles (34-72-200 mm long, glabrous; involucral bracts 12 or 13, glabrous. Ray florets (5-8. Disc florets ± 25; corolla lobes may have distinct median red-brown line. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Cypselae narrow-winged, blackish brown or brown with paler wing, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Cineraria vagans world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:936714-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129338
COL ID 5YW3W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cineraria vagans