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Euryops tenuissimus subsp. tenuissimus (L.) Dc.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Erect shrub, 0.3-2.5 m high, stems glabrous or glabrescent, apically leafy, nude below with leaf scars. Leaves erect to reflexed, straight or curved, filiform to linear, 15-150 mm long, mostly entire. Peduncles lateral, solitary in upper leaf axils, many in a ± corymb, 20-150 mm long. Capitula up to 25 mm in diam.; involucre ± hemispherical, 5-13 mm wide, glabrous; bracts 7-24, uniseriate, 3-6 mm long, connate to 1/3-1/2, 3-7-nerved, lobes ovate to lanceolate, apex hairy. Receptacle convex, alveolate. Ray florets 8-24, yellow to orange. Disc florets 25-150. Flowering time July-Dec. Pappus of many bristles, white. Cypselae ± obovate, ± curved, 1-3 mm long, densely white-to brown-hairy, ribs 5, mucilaginous when wet.
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Leaves erect-spreading or reflexed, filiform-narrowly linear, sub-terete or somewhat flattened, 1.5-15 cm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, entire, sometimes a few leaves 2-3(-5)-partite above the middle, acute-acuminate. Peduncles 2-15 cm long. Involucre 0.5-1.3 mm wide. Involucral bracts 7-24, 3-6 mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, herbaceous-coriaceous, distinctly or faintly veined, connate to 1/3-1/2 or somewhat more, obtuse-acute or acuminate. Ray-florets yellow or orange-yellow, 8-24. Disc-florets c. 25-150; corolla 2.3-4 mm long. Pappus bristles 0.8-1.5 mm long. Achenes 1-3 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, densely and shortly villous with white or brownish hairs, mucilaginous when wet.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 2.5
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Euryops tenuissimus subsp. tenuissimus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77180202-1
WFO ID wfo-0000101530
COL ID 7JRKJ
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Synonyms

Othonna tenuissima Euryops khamiesbergensis Euryops strictus Jacobaeastrum tenuissimum Euryops longifolius Euryops carnosus Othonna speciosa Othonna linifolia Euryops tenuissimus subsp. tenuissimus
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