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Cotula hispida Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cotula

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 400 mm high; erect or decumbent. Leaves alternate; blade narrowly ovate in outline, up to 30 x 15 mm, bipinnate, lobes linear, apiculate; upper leaves progressively smaller; thinly villous with spreading hairs; lower leaves distinctly petiolate, petiole up to 80 mm long, upper sessile. Heads discoid, large, solitary, pedunculate, upper part of peduncle swollen below head. Involucral bracts ± biseriate, glabrous with broad scarious margins. Receptacle epaleate. Flowers: disc florets only, bisexual; corolla 4-lobed, shortly stalked, bright yellow, reddening with age; Jan.-Apr. Fruit with cypsela ovate, slightly dorsiventrally flattened, narrowly winged. Pappus absent.
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Tufted, perennial, erect or decumbent herb, up to 400 mm high. Leaves alternate, lower leaves distinctly petiolate, upper sessile, with spreading hairs, bipinnate, lobes linear. Capitula discoid, solitary, pedunculate, upper part of peduncle swollen under capitulum; involucral bracts sub-biseriate, glabrous, with broad scarious margins. Florets tubular below, cup-shaped or globose above, 4-lobed, bright yellow, reddening with age. Flowering time Dec.-Apr. Pappus absent. Cypselae ovate, flattened on inner face, narrowly winged.
Perennial, erect or decumbent herb, up to 400 mm tall. Lower leaves distinctly petiolate, upper sessile; with spreading hairs, bipinnate, lobes linear. Heads solitary. Upper part of peduncle swollen under head. Flowers bright yellow, reddening with age; November and February to March.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cotula hispida world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198484-1
WFO ID wfo-0000136788
COL ID YYNV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tanacetum hispidum Cotula hispida Cenia hispida
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