Curio pinguifolius (Dc.) P.V.Heath

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Caule brevissimo fruticoso-carnoso villoso, foliis teretiusculis acutis grabriusculis integerrimis, ramis floridis folio triplo quadruplove Iongioribus glabris remote dichotomo-ramosis aphyllis, pedicellis nudis capitulo multo longioribus, invol. vix subcalyculato circ. 12-phyIlo acuto, fl. circ. 20?, achaeniis teretiusculis puberis. Rami flor. annotini, per annum seq. interdum emortni persistentes. Folia 1½ poll. longa, 2 mm [as ''2 lin.''] lata. Invol. 8 mm [as ''4 lin.''] longum, pappi longitudinem
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Erect-stemmed, succulent shrublet, with tubercled stems, up to 100 mm tall, 8-15 mm diam., leafless below. Leaves deciduous, fusiform, 30-100 x 2-5 mm, woolly in axils. Flowerheads in branching corymbs on naked peduncles up to 200 mm long, well exserted above leaves and woolly in branch-bract axils, discoid, whitish; involucre cylindrical, 3-5 mm diam., bracts 10-15, 6-8 x ± 1 mm, bracteoles 1-3, subulate.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Curio pinguifolius world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011410-1
WFO ID wfo-0000120616
COL ID 32KFV
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Synonyms

Kleinia pinguifolia Senecio pinguifolius Curio pinguifolius