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Crassothonna protecta (Dinter) B.Nord.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Crassothonna

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, up to 300 mm high; with succulent, bottle-shaped main stem. Leaves crowded at branch tips; blade fusiform to terete, linear, fleshy, woolly in axils. Heads radiate, ± 10 mm in diameter, few on sparsely bracteate peduncles, peduncle up to 300 mm long. Involucral bracts uniseriate, narrowly ovate, connate at base, ecalyculate. Flowers: ray florets ± 22, soon rolling backwards, female or bisexual; disc florets functionally male; all florets greenish yellow; Feb.-Apr. Fruit with cypsela glabrous. Pappus of scabrid bristles, much elongated in fruit.
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Pachycaul shrublet with cylindrical or barrel-shaped, succulent stems, up to 0.3 m tall, branching shortly above. Leaves crowded at branch tips, cylindrical, 40-100 x 2-3 mm. Flowerheads few in lax pedunculate corymbs, radiate, yellow; involucre cup-shaped, ± 8 mm diam., bracts 8-10, 6-8 x 1.5-2 mm. Cypselas 2.5 mm long, appressed-hairy; pappus ± 4 mm long.
Dwarf, succulent shrublet with fleshy stems to 20 cm. Leaves crowded at branch tips, fleshy, fusiform to terete, woolly in axils. Flower heads sparsely radiate, rays narrow, few on sparsely leafy peduncles, yellow; pappus of marginal florets much elongated in fruit.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Crassothonna protecta world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123787-1
WFO ID wfo-0001334486
COL ID 6BBJH
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Synonyms

Othonna crassicaulis Othonna protecta Crassothonna protecta
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