Cremanthodium principis (Franch.) R.D.Good

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cremanthodium

Characteristics

Stem solitary, erect, 10-30 cm tall, 1.5-3 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally brown puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 2-6 cm, brown puberulent, base sheathed; leaf blade oblong, square, or suborbicular, 1.8-5 × 2-5 cm, herbaceous, glabrous or abaxially brown pilose along veins, pinnately veined, abaxially with conspicuous veins, base cordate, margin denticulate, apex rounded, truncate, or retuse. Middle to distal stem leaves few, smaller distally, sessile, bracteal, square to linear. Capitulum solitary, nodding. Involucre hemispheric, 8-13 × 10-20 mm, outside brown puberulent or glabrate, glabrescent; phyllaries ca. 12, in 2 rows, 3-5 mm wide, apex acute; outer phyllaries lanceolate; inner phyllaries oblong, margin brown membranous. Ray florets yellow; lamina oblong, 1.6-2.5 cm × to 8 mm, dentate or lobed, apex acute or truncate; tube 4-5 mm. Tubular florets numerous, yellow, ca. 8 mm; tube ca. 3 mm. Achenes dark brown, cylindric, ca. 5 mm. Pappus brown, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Cremanthodium principis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:199584-1
WFO ID wfo-0000081564
COL ID ZB6H
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Synonyms

Cremanthodium gypsophilum Senecio principis Cremanthodium principis