Curio talinoides (Dc.) P.V.Heath

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Curio

Characteristics

Quite glabrous, fleshy-fruticose, erect; stem terete; leaves fleshy, elongate, ‘terete-compressed’ (?), quite entire, acute or acuminate; pedunc. much longer than the leaves, terete, nude, ending in a much-branched, many-headed, close, corymbose panicle; pedicels shorter than the invol. or about equalling it; invol. 1-3 bracteolate at base, of 5-7 scales, 5-7-flowered, shorter than the flowers; achenes glabrous. I have not seen the stem. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, much compressed in drying. Pedunc. 6-9 inches long; corymb 2 inches across, 40-50-headed or more. Inv. 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide.
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Glabrous, glaucous, succulent, perennial shrublet, up to 0.9 m high. Stems erect, leafy. Leaves sessile, suberect, up to 150 mm long, ± fusiform-cylindrical, ± striate. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose; peduncles up to 150 mm long. Capitula few-several, discoid, light yellow; involucre campanulate; bracts 6-8, 6-7 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time mainly Nov.-Apr. Cypselae linear, glabrous, 3 mm long, ribbed.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.9
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Soil texture 7-8
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Images

Leaf

Curio talinoides leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Curio talinoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011415-1
WFO ID wfo-0000094095
COL ID 32KG3
BDTFX ID 167624
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kleinia talinoides Curio talinoides

Lower taxons

Curio talinoides var. talinoides Curio talinoides var. aizoides Curio talinoides var. mandraliscae Curio talinoides var. chordifolius