Emilia basifolia Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Emilia

Characteristics

Annual herb 20–50 cm tall, sometimes slightly scrambling; stems pubescent in lower part.. Leaves often dense near base of plant, sessile, narrowly obovate or elliptic, 1.5–4.5 cm long, 0.5–2.4 cm wide, base cuneate, margins ± sinuate, obscurely denticulate, apex obtuse, pubescent.. Capitula solitary, terminal on long stalk, discoid, stalks of the individual capitula glabrous; involucre cylindrical, 5.5–6.5 mm long, 3.5 mm in diameter; phyllaries 11, 5–7 mm long, glabrous.. Ray florets absent; disc florets orange, 4.5–5.2 mm long, lobes 1.5–1.7 mm long.. Achenes 1.5–2.2 mm long, glabrous; pappus 3.5–4 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 8 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Distribution

Emilia basifolia world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203032-1
WFO ID wfo-0000076897
COL ID 6F6SF
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Emilia basifolia