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Foveolina tenella (Dc.) Källersjö

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Foveolina

Characteristics

Erect or sprawling, thinly hairy, aromatic annual, up to 250 mm tall. Leaves bipinnatisect, 10-40 mm long, lobes elliptic. Flowerheads solitary on long naked peduncles, radiate, 15-25 mm diam.; ray florets few, white, obovate; disc florets yellow. Cypselas pitted on one side; pappus white, ear-or crown-like.
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Capitula radiate, on long peduncles. Involucral bracts without resin canals. Corolla with a campanulate limb and a basally dilated tube. Style-branches without resin canals. Cypselas adaxially several cell-layers thick, and with three to five lateral cavities. Pappus coroniform or auriculate.
Sprawling, thinly hairy, aromatic annual to 25 cm. Leaves bipinnatisect. Flower heads radiate, solitary on long, naked peduncles, yellow with white rays.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Foveolina tenella world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945198-1
WFO ID wfo-0000120886
COL ID 6JJXV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Matricaria tenella Gastrosulum tenellum Foveolina tenella
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