Crassothonna cacalioides (L.F.) B.Nord.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Crassothonna

Characteristics

Brittle-stemmed shrublet, with sprawling or shortly erect stems, leafless below, mostly up to 0.3 m tall. Leaves alternate or uppermost opposite, fusiform, ascending, 20-30 x 2-3 mm. Flowerheads solitary on peduncles 30-70 mm long, disciform, yellow; involucre cup-shaped, 5-8 mm diam., bracts 7-9, 4-7 x 1.5-2 mm. Cypselas ± 2 mm long, glabrous; pappus ± 3 mm long.
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Succulent shrublet with short, erect or sprawling branches, 10-30 cm. Leaves fleshy, ovoid to fusiform. Flower heads radiate, few in lax, terminal cymes on slender peduncles, yellow or white.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination temperacture (C°) -
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Crassothonna cacalioides world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123778-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334478
COL ID Z722
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Othonna carnosa Cineraria cacalioides Crassothonna cacalioides Othonna carnosa var. carnosa