Emilia Cass.

Tasselflower (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, simple, sometimes rosulate. Capitula often corymbose, sometimes solitary, discoid or radiate. Involucre without calyculus, phyllaries free or connate at base; receptacle epaleate. Florets of various colours; anthers obtuse or slightly sagittate at base, appendaged at apex; style branches truncate to obtuse, sometimes with appendages of fused papillae. Achenes with pappus of many fine bristles.
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Annual to perennial herbs. Leaves sessile, pinnately veined. Capitula discoid (in Australia) or radiate, pedunculate, ecalyculate; involucral bracts free. Florets: corolla limbs pink, red, sometimes yellow; anthers ecaudate; style branches truncate to obtuse, crowned with papillae, with or without terminal appendage. Achenes homomorphic, narrowly obloid. Pappus caducous.
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Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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

Emilia unspecified picture

Distribution

Emilia world distribution map, present in Australia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329398-2
WFO ID wfo-4000013312
COL ID 4B9B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445470
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Emilia

Lower taxons

Emilia scabra Emilia basifolia Emilia kilwensis Emilia fosbergii Emilia bampsiana Emilia capillaris Emilia pseudactis Emilia cryptantha Emilia serpentina Emilia kasaiensis Emilia libeniana Emilia duvigneaudii Emilia rehmanniana Emilia shabensis Emilia parnassiifolia Emilia lejolyana Emilia decipiens Emilia gaudichaudii Emilia robynsiana Emilia malaisseana Emilia brachycephala Emilia rigida Emilia lisowskiana Emilia coccinea Emilia decaryi Emilia humifusa Emilia micrura Emilia vanmeelii Emilia zairensis Emilia mbagoi Emilia limosa Emilia flaccida Emilia petitiana Emilia schmitzii Emilia kivuensis Emilia arvensis Emilia leptocephala Emilia cenioides Emilia gossweileri Emilia juncea Emilia simulans Emilia moutsamboteana Emilia khaopawtaensis Emilia tenuis Emilia ukambensis Emilia serpentinus Emilia chiovendeana Emilia integrifolia Emilia zeylanica Emilia homblei Emilia longipes Emilia infralignosa Emilia hockii Emilia ramulosa Emilia ukingensis Emilia negellensis Emilia lubumbashiensis Emilia lopollensis Emilia papuana Emilia fugax Emilia violacea Emilia subscaposa Emilia speeseae Emilia lyrata Emilia baberka Emilia longifolia Emilia hiernii Emilia adamagibaensis Emilia schinzii Emilia tricholepis Emilia coccinea Emilia praetermissa Emilia everettii Emilia abyssinica Emilia alstonii Emilia debilis Emilia pinnatifida Emilia fallax Emilia emilioides Emilia djalonensis Emilia aurita Emilia javanica Emilia caespitosa Emilia marlothiana Emilia pumila Emilia serrata Emilia perrieri Emilia crispata Emilia adscendens Emilia graminea Emilia longiramea Emilia jeffreyana Emilia bellioides Emilia citrina Emilia crepidioides Emilia tessmannii Emilia pammicrocephala Emilia prenanthoidea Emilia herbacea Emilia irregularibracteata Emilia tenellula Emilia coloniaria Emilia baumii Emilia exserta Emilia baldwinii Emilia bianoensis Emilia myriocephala Emilia tenera Emilia tenuipes Emilia leucantha Emilia somalensis Emilia helianthella Emilia transvaalensis Emilia bathiei Emilia protracta Emilia sonchifolia Emilia discifolia