Gutenbergia rueppellii Sch.Bip.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gutenbergia

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herb 3-75 cm tall, sometimes rather woody and often densely tufted; stems erect or rarely decumbent or spreading.. Leaves alternate or the proximal opposite, linear to narrowly ovate, (narrowly) elliptic or oblanceolate, 0.4-10 cm long, 0.1-1.4 cm wide, base cuneate to ± expanded-auriculate, margins subentire, apex obtuse to acute, apiculate, green and sparsely pubescent to silvery-grey above, white-tomentose beneath.. Capitula rather few to very numerous in small to lax and diffuse terminal and upper axillary corymbiform cymes; stalks of individual capitula shortly white-hairy; involucre obconic-turbinate to campanulate-hemispherical, 2-6 mm in diameter at flowering time; phyllaries 3-4-seriate, ovate to ovate-oblong, the inner 3.5-7 mm long, acute, pungent, straight or recurving at the apex, darker green and often purple-tinged at the centre towards the apex, densely pubescent to glabrescent, scarious and shortly pectinate-fimbriate at the margins.. Corolla 3.3-7 mm long, purple or violet, rarely white, lobes white-hairy with appressed hairs, 1.3-3 mm long.. Achenes obconic-cylindrical or ellipsoid-cylindrical, slightly constricted towards the apex, often slightly curved, 1.2-2.2 mm long, (7-)10-ribbed, with slightly more prominent ribs alternating with slightly less prominent ribs, sparsely ascending-hairy or glabrous; pappus absent.
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Florets reddish-purple or white in heads about 1/4 in. across
An erect much-branched annual herb 1-2 ft. high
A local weed of waysides and open land.
The leaves whitish beneath
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.31 - 0.75
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

Habit

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Leaf

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Flower

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Fruit

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Distribution

Gutenbergia rueppellii world distribution map, present in Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Conservation status

Gutenbergia rueppellii threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210797-1
WFO ID wfo-0000044149
COL ID 3HMY7
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Synonyms

Gutenbergia abyssinica Gutenbergia arenarioides Ethulia rueppellii Gutenbergia elgonensis Gutenbergia oppositifolia Gutenbergia rueppellii var. rueppellii Gutenbergia rueppellii

Lower taxons

Gutenbergia rueppellii var. fischeri