Eriocephalus microphyllus var. pubescens (Dc.) M.A.N.Müll.

Variety

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Characteristics

Young shoots felty sericeous, glabrescent. Leaves always opposite, rarely alternate on flowering shoots, permanently felty sericeous; those on young shoots 3-7 mm long; those on brachy blasts 1.2-2.0 mm. Capitula terminal, racemose, rarely paniculate; peduncles (5-)7-9(-11) mm long, permanently felty sericeous or glabrescent. Involucral bracts felty sericeous to glabrous, 2.3-3.2 mm long, green. Marginal female florets 2. Disc florets 4-6.
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Shrub, 0.3-0.5 m high. Leaves alternate on young branches, congested in axils of leaves on older branches, linear, silvery hairy. Rays inconspicuous. Involucral bracts silky. Heads on slender pedicels, axillary or subumbellate or solitary at ends of twigs. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Eriocephalus microphyllus var. pubescens world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20000635-1
WFO ID wfo-0000098543
COL ID 5NSMF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriocephalus eenii Eriocephalus luederitzianus Eriocephalus pubescens Eriocephalus squarrosus Eriocephalus microphyllus var. pubescens