Eumorphia dregeana Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Eumorphia

Characteristics

Multi-stemmed, erect subshrub, 0.3-1.0 m high. Leaves linear-terete, closely imbricate, opposite, slightly pubescent, up to 3.5 mm long, ±1 mm broad, entire. Capitula shortly pedunculate, radiate, solitary. Involucre campanulate, 4-7 mm wide when pressed. Involucral bracts in 3 rows, imbricate; outer ovate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 2 x 1 mm; middle 2.2 x 1.2 mm; inner 2.5 x 1.25 mm, obtuse with membranous tips. Receptacle paleate; palea membranous, linear, 4 mm long. Ray florets female, 3-toothed, white; corolla limb 5 mm long; corolla tube 1 mm long. Style up to 1.2 mm long, slightly branched, style branches 0.8 mm long, with stigmatic areas along edges. Ovary 2 mm long, slightly striate. Disc florets bisexual, fertile, 5-lobed, yellow; lobes ovate, 0.2 mm long; corolla limb glandular; corolla tube glandular, 1 mm long. Anthers minutely caudate, apical appendage elongated, obtuse. Style up to 1.2 mm long, branched, style branches 0.25 mm long with stigmatic areas along edges and papillate appendages. Ovary 1.5 mm long, slightly striate. Cypsela closely ribbed, 1.5-1.8 mm long, slightly curved, glabrous but minutely papillose especially on ribs, crowned with thickened apical rim. Pappus absent.
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Shrub, 0.3-1.0 m high; erect, young branches softly hairy. Leaves decussate, sessile, densely imbricate, more distant on flowering branches; blade small, linear, up to 3.5 mm long, margins entire, initially with some longish hairs becoming glabrous. Heads radiate, terminal, corymbose, pedunculate. Involucral bracts imbricate, narrowly ovate, with orange oil glands at outer tips of outer bracts. Receptacle with paleae enveloping disc florets. Flowers: ray florets white or pink; disc florets yellow; Nov. [Feb.-Apr.] Fruit with cypsela narrowly cylindric, ribbed, glabrous, crowned with a thickened rim. Pappus absent.
Erect shrub, 0.3-1.0 m high, young branches softly hairy. Leaves small, linear, decussate, densely imbricate, more distant on flowering branches, entire or sometimes 3-lobed at apex, initially with some longish hairs becoming glabrous. Capitula radiate, terminal, corymbose, pedunculate; involucral bracts imbricate, narrowly ovate, with orange oil glands at outer apex of outer involucral bracts. Receptacle paleate, paleae enveloping disc florets. Ray florets white or pink. Disc florets yellow. Flowering time Feb.-Apr. Pappus absent. Cypselae narrowly cylindric, ribbed, glabrous.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Eumorphia dregeana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:205312-1
WFO ID wfo-0000085613
COL ID 6GYMH
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Synonyms

Eumorphia dregeana