Disparago kraussii Sch.Bip.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Disparago

Characteristics

Small, dwarf shrublet, 0.15-0.50(-0.80) m high. Leaves linear, 4.0-8.0 x 0.3-0.5 mm, spirally twisted. Synflorescence globular or ovate. Capitula heterogamous, radiate, 2-flowered, with one ray and one disc floret. Ray florets sterile, lobe 1.8-2.2 x 0.7-1.5 mm, usually white or sometimes pink; cypselae reduced. Disc florets bisexual; lobes spreading star-like. Flowering time Feb.-Aug. Pappus present in disc florets only, (3-)5(-8) plumose setae. Cypselae puberulous, hairs falcate.
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Thinly cobwebby shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves linear with involute margins, spreading and twisted, suberect above, bristle-tipped. Flower heads radiate, crowded in elongate, terminal clusters, 2-flowered, ?white with white or pink rays, pappus bristles plumose, ray florets sterile.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Disparago kraussii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:201846-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129841
COL ID 6DBNY
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Synonyms

Disparago kraussii Wigandia kraussii