Felicia zeyheri Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Felicia

Characteristics

Much-branched shrub, up to 0.4 m high. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate or linear, sessile, entire, ciliate, glabrous on blade or rarely with some long hairs on the lower surface or hairy all-over. Capitula radiate, solitary, pedunculate; peduncle woolly to glabrous; involucral bracts in 4 rows, imbricate, glabrous or rarely outer ones with some hairs. Ray florets blue-purple. Disc florets yellow. Flowering time Jan., Dec. Pappus of barbellate bristles. Cypselae narrowly obovate, brownish red, shortly hairy.
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Roughly hairy to almost glabrous shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves linear to oblanceolate. Flower heads radiate, solitary, yellow with blue or purple rays.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Felicia zeyheri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207791-1
WFO ID wfo-0000120542
COL ID 3DXMN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Felicia zeyheri Aster serrulatus var. setosus Felicia ciliaris var. leiopoda

Lower taxons

Felicia zeyheri subsp. zeyheri Felicia zeyheri subsp. linifolia