Felicia diffusa (Dc.) Grau

Species

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Characteristics

Thinly hairy, soft-stemmed perennial, up to 150 mm tall, from woody base. Leaves opposite, oblong to lanceolate, shortly hairy to scabrid, margins rolled back. Flowering heads radiate, solitary on slender, hairy, glandular-pubescent peduncles; involucral bracts in 2 equally long rows, hairy; ray florets blue or white; disc florets yellow. Cypselas glabrous; pappus absent in ray florets.
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Thinly hairy, soft-stemmed shrublet to 15 cm. Leaves oblong, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, solitary on slender peduncles, yellow with blue rays, ray florets without pappus.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Distribution

Felicia diffusa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207690-1
WFO ID wfo-0000006032
COL ID 3DXJG
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Synonyms

Felicia diffusa

Lower taxons

Felicia diffusa subsp. diffusa Felicia diffusa subsp. khamiesbergensis