Corymbium enerve Markötter

Species

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Characteristics

Roots wiry. Basal leaves glabrous; blades linear to falcate (110-)180(-300) mm long, (3.5-)10(-18.5) mm broad, apex acute, leaf base dilated, clasping or half-clasping with submembranous margins, silky hairs prominent, margins thickened, slightly muricate, finely impressed veins; texture coriaceous, somewhat thickish; cauline leaves glabrous, diminishing in size upwards, 4-130 mm long, 1.5-10 mm broad, base expanded, clasping, shortly decurrent, sometimes pilose in the axil. Corymbophore elliptic to angular in cross section scabrid, sometimes lower half pilose, (130-)340(-520 mm long. Heads in compact, corymbose cluster; arranged in a corymb. Involucral bracts glabrous, upper involucral bracts subtended by 2-3 smaller bracts, uppe sheathing bracts (6.4-)7.5(-9) mm long, green with purple tips when fresh. Flowers white or pink, pedicel present. Petals linear, acute 4.5-6 mm long, ca. 1.5 mm broad; corolla tube 1.2-2 mm long. Anthers 2-3 m including the base. Ovary hirsute, style branches ca. 2 mm long, obtuse. Cypselas ca. 5 mm long, ca. 1 mm] broad, linear to obovoid. Pappus coroniform at base, fimbriate, bristles many, ca. 1 mm long. Flowering time is from November to February with a peak during November and December.
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Tufted perennial to 40 cm with scabrid stems. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, leathery with veins inconspicuous, silky at base. Flower heads discoid, in dense corymbs, white or pink, bracts smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Corymbium enerve world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198278-1
WFO ID wfo-0000075201
COL ID 6B6XJ
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Synonyms

Corymbium enerve