Cotula macroglossa Bolus ex Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cotula

Characteristics

Herba annua, humilis, subcaespitosa, molliter pilosa, 10-18 cm alta; caules breves, basi parum ramosi; folia basin versus conferta; alterna, petiolata, apicem versus pinnatipartita, segmentis linearibus 2-3 fidis acutis, basi dilatato-decurrentia, 2-3 cm longa; pedunculi adscendentes, infra pilosi sursum glabri, 6-11 cm longi, sub capitulo paullo incrassati; involucri bracteae ecteriores circiter 8, oblanceolatae, acutae vel acuminatae, pilosae, disci flores superantes, interiores breviores, oblongae, obtusissimae; radii flores 1-seriati, 6-8, ligulis oblongis, vel oblanceolatis, obtusissimis, 5-8 mm longis, achaeniis stipitatis, obovatis margine hyalinis, subglabris; disci flores numerosissimi, limbo 4-lobo, achaeniis subglabris.
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Softly hairy, scapose annual to 10 cm. Leaves bipinnatisect, lobes linear, crowded below. Flower heads conspicuously radiate, solitary on elongate, sometimes naked peduncles, yellow with blue or white rays mauve below, bracts silky.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.18
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Cotula macroglossa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198503-1
WFO ID wfo-0000010651
COL ID 6B8F2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cotula macroglossa