Crassothonna discoidea (Oliv.) B.Nord.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Crassothonna

Characteristics

Glabrous, fleshy, foetid, bushy, perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high; stems leafy below, often decumbent, sometimes rooting. Leaves dense, grey-green. Inflorescence a terminal, several-headed corymb; peduncle up to 200 mm long; pedicels ± 25 mm long. Capitula campanulate, ± 10 mm in diam., yellow; involucral bracts ovate, 5-6 mm long. Flowering time Apr.-Sept. Pappus of white hairs, 4 mm long, soon caducous. Cypselae silvery white-hairy, 2.5 mm long, mucilaginous when wet.
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Suffruticosa glaberrima glaucecentia, foliis sessilibus linearibus basi semiteretibus supra medium teretibus acuminatus, pedunculo elongato erecto subnude, cymis 8-14-cephalis, capitulis hemisphaericis discoideis. Suffrutex 1-2 pedalis. Pedunculi 1-1.25 ped. longi; pedicelli 0.75-1.5 poll. longi. Flores radii tubulosi hermaphrodite, stylo bifido: disci male stylo indiviso. Achaenia subteretia basi angustata leviter curvata.
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Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Crassothonna discoidea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123783-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334482
COL ID Z726
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Synonyms

Crassothonna discoidea Othonna carnosa var. discoidea