Cotula discolor (Dc.) J.C.Manning & Mucina

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cotula

Characteristics

Suffrutex, decumbent or ascending, 150-300 mm high. Leaves alternate, bipinnatisect, lobes short and broad, fulvo-sericeous. Capitula shortly radiate, solitary, long pedunculate. Peduncles top-shaped below capitulum, hollow; involucral bracts biseriate, ± 3-5-nerved. Ray florets in 1 or 2 rows, short, broad, upper surface yellow, lower surface reddish. Disc florets tubular below, widening above, 4-lobed, yellow. Flowering time Feb., July, Aug. Pappus absent. Cypselae of ray florets compressed, winged, of disc florets obovate, thickly margined but not winged.
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Like C. sericea but possibly annual, leaf lobes oblong, and flower heads larger.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Cotula discolor world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77134214-1
WFO ID wfo-0001337568
COL ID YYMZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cenia discolor Cotula discolor